Etymology

en brosse

Today it means: Of the hair: closely cropped so that the hairs stick upward, like the short bristles of a brush; in a crew cut. Full definition →

French en brosse
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  1. French · borrowed fromen brosse“crew cut”
  2. English todayen brosse

Borrowed from French en brosse (“crew cut”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.