MANE


Meaning of MANE in English

— maned , adj. — maneless , adj.

/mayn/ , n.

1. the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion. See diag. under horse .

2. Informal. (on a human being) a head of distinctively long and thick or rough hair.

[ bef. 900; ME; OE manu; c. G Mähne, D manen, ON mon ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .