burnsides

American  

[burn-sahydz] / ˈbɜrnˌsaɪdz /

plural noun

1. full whiskers and a mustache worn with the chin clean-shaven.

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burnsides British  

/ ˈbɜːnˌsaɪdz /

plural noun

1. thick side whiskers worn with a moustache and clean-shaven chin

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Etymology

Origin of burnsides

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; named after General A.E. Burnside

Example Sentences

It is generally believed by people who speak flippantly of 'side-burns,' 'sideboards,' etc., that burnsides were so named because they cluttered up both sides of their proprietor's countenance.

From Time Magazine Archive

The men are very partial to "burnsides" and wear their hair pretty long, combed wet and stroked down so as to look smooth and glossy.

From The Youthful Wanderer An Account of a Tour through England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany by Heffner, George H.

Then Melville himself came in, brushing back his white tufted burnsides and licking his lips and blinking his eyes—looking for all the world like a cat at its toilet.

From The Deluge by Phillips, David Graham

In summer they were always on the hills and by the burnsides.

From The Gold Of Fairnilee by Lang, Andrew

This strange assortment of whiskers of different fashions on various parts of his face, imperial, goatee, burnsides, he brought back with him.

From Walking-Stick Papers by Holliday, Robert Cortes