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noun
A coarse cloth made of the mane or tail hairs of a horse, associated with furniture upholstery, and with uncomfortable clothing worn by people practising religious asceticism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: hair
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile
History
From hair + cloth.
Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
