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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Example Sentences

The two arms of the handle are sometimes held together by a band of hair-string.

From Spinifex and Sand by Carnegie, David Wynford

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 Carnegie, David Wynford

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 Howe, Julia Ward

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 Leland, Charles Godfrey

So, taking him into the woods, they found the old woman, who, kind as ever, did for the chief's son what she had already done for his friend, and gave him also a magic hair-string.

From Algonquin Legends of New England by Leland, Charles Godfrey