beardage

English

Etymology

From beard +‎ -age.

Noun

beardage (uncountable)

1. (slang, humorous) The mass or volume of a beard.
   • 1866, William Arnot, “Ourselves, and How to Make the Most of Them”, in Six Lectures Delivered In Exeter Hall, page 69:

     Manhood does not go by age, or bulk, or beardage.

   • 2010 November 26, “Picks of the week”, in Vancouver Courier, page 37:

     Make sure you don't have to take a drug test the morning after East Van rock outfit Black Mountain brings its sludgy riffs and back-to-the-land beardage to the Commodore Nov. 30 and Dec. 1.

   • 2013, Simon Morden, The Curve of the Earth, unnumbered page:

     Petrovitch scratched at the stubble on his chin. "Could never grow a proper beard. Now, Archie's? That was serious beardage. […]