vandyke

noun

1. Sir Anthony. Van Dyck, Sir Anthony.
2. Vandyke beard.
3. Vandyke collar.
4. Printing. a proof having white lines on a brown ground or vice versa, made from a negative for a plate.

noun

1. a short, pointed beard.

noun

1. a wide collar of lace and linen with the edge formed into scallops or deep points.

noun

1. a short pointed beardOften shortened to: Vandyke

noun

1. a large white collar with several very deep pointsOften shortened to: Vandyke

n.

“short, pointed beard,” 1894, from the style shown on portraits by Flemish painter Anton Van Dyck (1599-1641); earlier “a type of collar with a deep cut edge” (1755) also from a style depicted in his paintings.