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Examples of haircloth
haircloth
Horse or camel hair woven into haircloth may be fashioned into clothing or upholstery.
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McInnis might as well have shipped the letter wrapped in haircloth.
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The Nazis used the hair to make haircloth for tailor's lining, and the gold was melted into ingots.
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Although horsehair generally refers to the hair of a horse's mane or tail, haircloth itself is sometimes called horsehair.
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There was a covering of haircloth over the doorway, but the wind had lifted the covering so that the doorway was uncovered.
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In the history of brewing, for drying the malt haircloth was spread over the kiln floor to keep grain from dropping down into the furnace.
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- Cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments
- Haircloth is a stiff, unsupple fabric typically made from horsehair and/or from the wooly hair of a camel. Although horsehair generally refers to the hair of a horse's mane or tail, haircloth itself is sometimes called horsehair. ...
- Cloth made from horsehair. Used as an inner material to give shape to the chest of jackets, waistcoats and overcoats
