Sideburns
Hair grown down the side of the face in front of the ears.
Also: sideboards, burnsides, mutton chops
Sideburns are the patches of hair in front of the ears, from the hairline down towards the jaw. The English name comes from the American Civil War general Ambrose Burnside, whose large whiskers were called burnsides; the syllables were later swapped. Longer, wider ones that spread onto the cheeks are called mutton chops. Sideburns were long in the 1850s to 1870s and again in the 1960s and 1970s. Barbers say they can make a long face look shorter.