haircloth

American  

[hair-klawth, -kloth] / ˈhɛərˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ /

noun

1. cloth of hair from the manes and tails of horses, woven with a cotton warp, and used for interlinings of clothes, upholstery, etc.

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haircloth British  

/ ˈhɛəˌklɒθ /

noun

1. a cloth woven from horsehair, used in upholstery

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Etymology

Origin of haircloth

First recorded in 1490–1500; hair + cloth

Example Sentences

Baritone Friedrich Schorr wore Jokanaan's haircloth shirt, sang resonantly.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet so violent was Gitl's agitation that she had to sit down on the haircloth lounge for breath and to regain composure.

From Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto by Cahan, Abraham

By little and little, however, I became accustomed to my prison, to my haircloth robe, to my bread, black and hard.

From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Sue, Eug?ne

They keep also the chair in which he sat—a plain, straight-backed arm-chair, with a haircloth seat, marked, on a brass plate, with his renowned and treasured name.

From Shakespeare's England by Winter, William

And there’s an old haircloth trunk that I’ve had since I was a girl.

From The Valiants of Virginia by Rives, Hallie Erminie