burnside

(noun)

ˈbɜrnˌsaɪd

Definitions

A style of facial hair where the whiskers grow down the cheeks and connect with a mustache but are shaved below the chin.
A gallant curtain of whiskers that sail down the face, bridging the upper lip's forts yet leaving the chin's canvas bare, a hero's mane that defies conformity.

Example: He decided to grow a burnside to change his appearance.

Named after Ambrose Burnside, a Union Army general who sported this style of facial hair during the American Civil War.

sideburns, mutton chops, facial whiskers

clean-shaven