haircloth

[ hair-klawth, -kloth ]

/ ˈhɛərˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ /

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noun

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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Also called cilice.

Origin of haircloth

First recorded in 1490–1500; hair + cloth

Words nearby haircloth

hairbrained, hairbreadth, hairbrush, hairbrush cactus, hair cell, haircloth, haircoloring, haircut, hairdo, hairdresser, hairdressing

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How to use haircloth in a sentence

And Mathathias and his sons rent their garments, and they covered themselves with haircloth, and made great lamentation.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Miss Isobel's attitude toward her mother was that of a monk to his haircloth shirt.
Quin|Alice Hegan Rice
She then broke the glass over the clock face, and with a penknife cut slits in the carpets and haircloth covering of the sofa.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events|S. Baring-Gould
The chairs matched the sofa, one being a comfortable rocker with cover of haircloth.
A Dear Little Girl at School|Amy E. Blanchard

Ralph insisted that the haircloth sofa in the parlor was just the thing, but Captain Eri wouldn't hear of it.
Cap'n Eri|Joseph Crosby Lincoln

British Dictionary definitions for haircloth

haircloth

/ (ˈhɛəˌklɒθ) /

noun

a cloth woven from horsehair, used in upholstery

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