en brosse

American  

[ahn braws] / ɑ̃ ˈbrɔs /

adjective

French.

1. (of hair) cut to stand straight in an even row on top, often as a crew cut.

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en brosse British  

/ ɑ̃ brɔs /

adjective

1. (of the hair) cut very short so that the hair stands up stiffly

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Etymology

Origin of en brosse

literally: in the style of a brush

Example Sentences

The speaker was a short, stout elderly man, his hair cut en brosse.

From Literature

A tall, well-preserved man, with a full head of dark hair, cut Kennedy-like en brosse, Oakes had, he told me, become fixated when in 1971, still a high school senior, he had read right through the many fat volumes of the Warren Commission's report into the assassination.

From BBC

Penny is a tall, spare man, his en brosse brown quiff falls over a high forehead behind which is secreted a vast amount of knowledge about art – knowledge he imparts with an enthusiasm so exquisitely modulated by an innate diffidence that it's impossible not to hang on his every word.

From The Guardian

Peering at the stranger, Kenneth saw a man of about thirty-five, with hair en brosse, Germanic moustache, and a German military uniform.

From Project Gutenberg

He wore his dark yellow hair cut en brosse and his moustache untrimmed.

From Project Gutenberg