hair-string

American  

[hair-string] / ˈhɛərˌstrɪŋ /

noun

• hair-strings
  plural

1. a string or cord made from human hair, traditionally used in textiles in some Australian Aboriginal cultures.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• hair-strings
  plural

Example Sentences

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hair-string hair-strings

You must accept his hair-string, his pins, his rats, at a price at which angola cats were dear.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe

The tribe had left behind them a number of treasures—bundles of firemaking sticks, bean-and-gum ornaments, and the usual bark “portmanteaus” containing hair-string, feathers, red ochre, and other knick-knacks.

From Spinifex and Sand by David Wynford Carnegie

It seems likely that one man or tribe should have a special aptitude for manufacturing message-sticks, whilst others perhaps make a speciality of hair-string or spears.

From Spinifex and Sand by David Wynford Carnegie

But this time he caught, if not the hair, at least the hair-string, of the fairest, which remained in his hand.

From Algonquin Legends of New England by Charles Godfrey Leland

Now it had taken Master Lox the entire day to untie the hair-string, so when he came down it was dark, and he was glad when he saw the hut and thought of resting therein.

From Algonquin Legends of New England by Charles Godfrey Leland

She was wrinkled and bent with extreme age, and her head was braided up with a very great number of sakalobeek, or hair-strings, which hung down to her heels.

From Algonquin Legends of New England by Charles Godfrey Leland