WHITEWALL

Etymology 1

Adjective

whitewall (not comparable)

(of a tyre/tire) Having white sidewalls

(US, military) Describing a hair cut with a closely cropped back and sides and the hair on the top of the head left longer.

Noun

whitewall (plural whitewalls)

A tyre/tire with white sidewalls.

(US, military) A hair cut with a closely cropped back and sides and the hair on the top of the head left longer.

Etymology 2

Noun

whitewall (plural whitewalls)

(UK, dialect, Northamptonshire, rare) The spotted flycatcher.

Source: Wiktionary


White"wall`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The spotted flycatcher; -- so called from the white color of the under parts. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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