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

"I robed myself in the haircloth, and was about to put on my shoes when the nun again put in: "'You are to walk barefoot.

From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Sue, Eug?ne

The room, with its chintz-covered lounge, rag carpet, Dutch clock, and chairs upholstered in haircloth, seemed more sacred on Saturday.

From Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter by Tileston, Merrill

In the little haircloth trunk back in her room lay an old scrap-book.

From The Valiants of Virginia by Rives, Hallie Erminie

I wonder what takes the place to a man of a woman’s haircloth trunk?”

From The Valiants of Virginia by Rives, Hallie Erminie