Sideburns

Mathabar Singh Thapa, shown with sideburns of the style worn by Hindu Kshatriya military commanders in the Indian subcontinent.

Sideburns, sideboards,[1] or side whiskers are facial hair grown on the sides of the face, extending from the hairline to run parallel to or beyond the ears. The term sideburns is a 19th-century corruption of the original burnsides, named after American Civil War general Ambrose Burnside,[2] a man known for his unusual facial hairstyle that connected thick sideburns by way of a moustache, but left the chin clean-shaven.

  1. ^ "AskOxford". Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-27.
  2. ^ Goolrick, William K. Rebels Resurgent: Fredericksburg to Chancellorsville. p. 29.