horsehair Definition
horse·hair (hôrs′her′)
noun
- any of the hairs from the mane or tail of a horse
- a growth of these hairs
- a stiff fabric made from horsehair; haircloth
Etymology: ME horsher
adjective
- of horsehair
- covered or stuffed with horsehair
horsehair Usage Examples
Converse of object
contain: Anthrax in Plaster Plaster usually contains horsehair and, before controls were introduced in 1895, could contain anthrax spores.
Adjective modifier
real: The mane and tail should be of real horsehair, professionally cleaned and cured.
Modifies a noun
- wig: There are proposals to stop the Judges from wearing their horsehair wigs.
- sofa: There was a horsehair sofa which with short trousers was a bit like sitting on emery paper.
- factory: Stanley ran the horsehair factory in Newport Rd Cowes a short distance from Mill Hill station.
- mattress: Each child had its own bed with a horsehair mattress, pillow, three blankets and sheets.
- brush: Brush it out with a stiff horsehair brush and lay paper on top, then rub the back of the paper with a baren.
- cloth: In 1883, however, Middleton and Hovell were listed at this address as horsehair cloth manufacturers.
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