pictures would be nice
2006-09-12 12:38:25 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
so it's where the sides of the harline go back, could the middle part be more circular? like going back a lil?
2006-09-12 12:44:30 · update #1
Like a vampire from the munsters!
2006-09-12 12:41:03 · answer #1 · answered by Ad Just 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a small sitting room on the roof of a house with windows all the way around. The sailors' wives would sit up there and wait for thier husbands to return from sea. Sailing was dangerous back then and a lot of sailors never made it home, hence the term "widow's peak"
oh and it is also a way to describe a balding pattern where the hairline is pointed on the forehead.
http://www.victorian-home-plans.com/
2006-09-12 19:47:08 · answer #2 · answered by ERRRRRR 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a hairline that forms a V or comes to a point in the middle of the forhead- it is a little more dramatic than a receding hairline. My daughter had one when she was younger, her hairline has changed a little since then so it is no so pointy.
It is the hairstyle they use for vampires, female vampires especially but it is a naturally occuring hairline- go to google.com and click on images and type in widows peak, you will get some good pictoral examples.
2006-09-12 19:45:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A v-shaped point formed by the hair near the top of the forehead. The use of "peak" to refer to the beak or bill of a headdress, particularly a widow's hood, dates to 1530. So the term derives from a mourning hood.
2006-09-12 19:46:21 · answer #4 · answered by Violet Pearl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are not looking for the hair definition, there is a widow's peak on a house. This occurs when you have a platform or balcony on the highest point of the house. This was for sailor's wifes to look out to the sea in hopes of seeing her husband return.
2006-09-12 19:45:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have a picture, but Eddie Munster has a fantastic widow's peak. Apparently, hair that comes down in a point portends widowhood.
Vampires tend to have them.
2006-09-12 19:41:08 · answer #6 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A widow's peak is the hairline on the forehead that protrudes out to form a 'peak'.
2006-09-12 19:44:29 · answer #7 · answered by Giuleah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look at Eddie Munster. You see how his hairline comes down into a point on his forehead. That is a widow's peak.
http://www.munsters.com/
2006-09-12 19:40:44 · answer #8 · answered by ihaftaknow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know little Eddy on the Munster's?
Granpa? They both have a Widow's Peak.
2006-09-13 01:36:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's where you hair comes down in a point in front of your forehead. It has to be pretty apparent for it to be a peak (like on a mountain).
2006-09-12 19:44:10 · answer #10 · answered by meta_slime 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its when a the hair on your forehead comes down to a point. If you see a stereo-typical photo of dracula or any vampire they tend to have very big widows peak.
http://uths.revealed.net/science/stein/homework/human_widows_peak.jpg
2006-09-12 19:42:07 · answer #11 · answered by ¡Free Love! 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋