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

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haircloth

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

She longed to pull down the sombre drawing-room curtains and pitch the stiff-backed, haircloth chairs out of the window; but her father, though a millionaire, would brook no change.

From With Edge Tools by Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield)

A few minutes later Josè stood on the river bank beside his little haircloth trunk and traveling bag, sadly watching the steamer draw away and resume her course up-stream.

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis

He wore haircloth next his skin, slept on a stone, and often rose in the night to praise God.

From A Calendar of Scottish Saints by Barrett, Michael