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

She groped her way to an old haircloth armchair in her sitting room, and put on her spectacles.

From Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese

Contemporaneous with this type was the Empire sofa, with winged legs and claw feet, often covered with haircloth.

From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Northend, Mary H.

Three soiled and battered haircloth chairs completed the furniture of the room when we have added a damaged arm-chair, cushioned with a pile of old papers.

From The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

In the background was a hideous black haircloth sofa.

From The Wayfarers by Cutting, Mary Stewart Doubleday