mane
noun/meɪn/
/meɪn/
- the long hair on the neck of a horse or a lion
- She spent ages braiding her horse's mane.
- The horse's mane streamed in the wind.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- flowing
- shaggy
- tangled
- …
- have
- shake
- toss
- …
- mane of
- a horse’s mane
- a lion’s mane
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- (informal or literary) a person’s long or thick hair
- She tossed back her mane of chestnut hair.
Word OriginOld English manu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch manen.
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