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mohair

[ moh-hair ]

noun

  1. the coat or fleece of an Angora goat.
  2. a fabric made of yarn from this fleece, in a plain weave for draperies and in a pile weave for upholstery.
  3. a garment made of this fabric.


mohair

/ ˈməʊˌhɛə /

noun

  1. Also calledangora the long soft silky hair that makes up the outer coat of the Angora goat
    1. a fabric made from the yarn of this hair and cotton or wool
    2. ( as modifier )

      a mohair suit

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mohair1

1560–70; variant (by folk etymology) of earlier mocayare < Italian moccaiaro < Arabic mukhayyar literally, chosen, choice, past participle of khayyara to choose
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mohair1

C16: variant (influenced by hair ) of earlier mocayare, ultimately from Arabic mukhayyar, literally: choice, from khayyara to choose
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Example Sentences

And it was fur of every variety: brushed mohair, alpaca, ponyhair, and astrakhan.

A friend upholsters this chair every fifth year, and it is currently covered in red mohair velvet.

Her onscreen costume was a curiously intimate range of electric-blue mohair sweaters.

No one really wanted to be seen again in mohair and ripped stockings.

The Black Gnat—dubbed with black mohair, the wings of the lightest part of a starling.

Cow Dung Fly—dubbed with light brown and yellow camlet mixed, or dirty lemon coloured mohair with the hackle of a landrail.

With a rough mitten made out of either mohair, crash, or turkish towel, the entire body should now be rubbed until it is pink.

One day, a merchant came into the school, and saw a little girl at work on a mohair net.

Worsted and mohair yarns intended for the manufacture of braids are singed by gas, a process technically known as “Genapping.”

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