(Kozmetik) Sideburns (or colloquially sideboards or mutton chops) are patches of facial hair on the sides of a man's face, in front of the ears. They were originally called burnsides after Ambrose Burnside. His hairstyle connected thick sideburns via the moustache but left the chin clean-shaven
{i} piece of mutton from the ribs or loin for broiling or frying; specially trimmed beard with a shaven chin that resembles mutton chops on either side of the face