haircut

[ hair-kuht ]

/ ˈhɛərˌkʌt /

an act or instance of cutting the hair.

the style in which the hair is cut and worn, especially men's hair.

Origin of haircut

First recorded in 1895–1900; hair + cut

hair·cut·ter, noun hair·cut·ting, noun, adjective

A man begins the act of haircutting when the barber's cloth is spread over him.

The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII. |Various
Get up in this corner, and Ill just pop this haircutting cloth over you.

A Vision of Venus |Harry Pleon
I know naught of your strange fashions and monstrous manners of haircutting.

The Golden Galleon |Robert Leighton

haircut

/ (ˈhɛəˌkʌt) /

the act or an instance of cutting the hair

the style in which hair has been cut

stock exchange slang a percentage of the value of an asset deducted to account for a possible fall in its value before it can be liquidated