Whitewall

created by Webster 1913
(thing) by Perianwyr (7.4 y) (print)   (I like it!) Thu May 25 2000 at 19:40:02
Tires with white rubber in the sides rather than flat black. They are more expensive than normal tires, and they don't look good on most cars.
(thing) by Jurph (4.4 d) (print)   (I like it!) Thu Apr 12 2001 at 3:38:51
Military jargon: a high and tight haircut.
So named because, after weeks in the field, one's hair grows out, one's skin is tan, and the areas exposed by your first "high and tight" after returning are fishbelly white. This gives one's head the look of a whitewalled tire. Surprisingly, it doesn't make the soldier, airman, Marine, or sailor in question look like a dork, but serves to make them look even more hardcore and high speed.
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:24:41

White"wall` (?), n. Zool.

The spotted flycatcher; -- so called from the white color of the under parts.

[Prov. Eng.]

 

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