camel's hair

¹ American  

noun

1. the hair of the camel, used especially for cloth, painters' brushes, and Oriental rugs.

2. a soft cloth made of this hair, or of a substitute, usually yellowish tan to yellowish brown in color.

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camel's-hair ² American  

[kam-uhlz-hair] / ˈkæm əlzˌhɛər /

adjective

1. made of camel's hair.

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camel's hair British  

noun

1. See camel hair

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Example Sentences

Later, as I walked down 44th Street on my way to the theater, I found myself behind a tall, distinguished man in a camel's hair coat.

From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2021

For instance, camel’s hair is rubbed into linen batting in an installation by Mao Xin Ru, and a discarded toilet becomes an homage to the Dadaist artist Marcel Duchamp in a work by Lu Kaiquan.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2011

The folds in his plaid jacket and trousers suggest they are made of wool, and the cap is certainly of camel's hair.

From SAT Tests

Director Leon Leonidoff rehearsed the glacial $200,000 spectacle in an overcoat and rubbers, while the pianist swathed himself in camel's hair.

From Time Magazine Archive

“It’s lovely. It’s the first really good camel’s hair I’ve seen since the war. May I ask where you got it?”

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger