eyeline

eyeline

English

Etymology

eye +‎ line

Noun

eyeline (plural eyelines)

1. (cosmetics) The horizontal portion of the face that includes the eyes.
2. (cinematography) The direction in which an actor is looking.
   • 2010, Birgit Bräuchler, John Postill, Theorising Media and Practice (page 319)

     They realise that trajectories, space expansion and crushing are different with different lenses, whether wide angle or telephoto, and that actors' eyelines will be altered.

   • 2015, Leslye Headland, Sleeping with Other People:

     Jake: Really? Well, I still chose you.
     Paula: Why? Because I happened to be in your eye line?

3. (zoology) Synonym of eyestripe

Related terms

• eyeliner