brow antler

American  

noun

1. the first prong from the base of a stag's antler.

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Etymology

Origin of brow antler

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

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brow antler

Macaulay. µ The branch next to the head is called the brow antler, and the branch next above, the bez antler, or bay antler.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster

And sometimes they used the broad end of the brow antler instead of a stone chisel.

From The Later Cave-Men by Howard V. Brown

In the fourth year the top of the main beam throws out several small tines called "sur-royals," and the brow antler receives an addition higher up called the "bez-tine."

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale

In most instances there is but one developed brow antler, the other being a solitary curved prong.

From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by William Henry Giles Kingston

This kind of deer has no brow antler.

From Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon by Sir Samuel White Baker