horsehair
a hair or the hair of a horse, especially from the mane or tail.
a sturdy, glossy fabric woven of this hair.
of or relating to horsehair: a horsehair mattress.
Origin of horsehair
1Other words from horsehair
- horsehaired, adjective
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How to use horsehair in a sentence
Recesses in the crown of the helmet likely held a horsehair crest, and a pair of long feathers.
Horned helmets came from Bronze Age artists, not Vikings | Philip Kiefer | January 18, 2022 | Popular-ScienceHákon Sverrisson The mattress I slept on was made from horsehair.
Revisiting ‘The Visitors’: An oral history of Ragnar Kjartansson’s multimedia masterpiece | Sebastian Smee, Gabriel Florit, Joanne Lee | July 23, 2021 | Washington PostAnd the other is what is called a horsehair worm that overtakes the bodies of insects.
Vampires without Glitter or Girl Problems: Inside Guillermo del Toro’s ‘The Strain’ | Andrew Romano | July 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAtop the mattress and box spring, Hughes reveals two “toppers,” stuffed with cashmere, horsehair, and lambswool.
Savoir Beds’ Royal State Bed: Just Perfect, If You Have $175,000 | Daniel Gross | June 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThere was Simpsons underwear, a My Little Pony–inspired dress, and a frock made out of rainbow horsehair.
Phaedra Parks of ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ at Jeremy Scott NYFW Show | Isabel Wilkinson | February 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
They placed cotton and fine wool all about the room, and even endeavoured to construct small nests of wool and horsehair.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandA horsehair footstool, borrowed for the purpose from Mr. Diamond's parlour, was under her feet.
A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) | Frances Eleanor TrollopeHe squeezed out the juice of flowers, made brushes of horsehair, and began to paint.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) | Richard MutherVinegar eels, the horsehair worm, the pork worm or trichina and the dread hookworm are examples.
A Civic Biology | George William HunterMr. Furnival's reputation has spread itself wherever stuff gowns and horsehair wigs are held in estimation.
Orley Farm | Anthony Trollope
British Dictionary definitions for horsehair
/ (ˈhɔːsˌhɛə) /
hair taken chiefly from the tail or mane of a horse, used in upholstery and for fabric, etc
(as modifier): a horsehair mattress
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