Mohair Definition

mōhâr
noun
The long, silky hair of the Angora goat.
Webster's New World
Yarn, or any of several fabrics for clothing or upholstery, made from this hair, often mixed with other fibers.
Webster's New World
adjective
Made of or upholstered with mohair.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Mohair

Noun

Singular:
mohair
Plural:
mohairs

Origin of Mohair

  • Alteration (influenced by hair) of obsolete Italian mocaiaro from Arabic muḫayyar choice, select, mohair passive participle of ḫayyara to prefer derived stem of ḫāra to choose ḫyr in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Italian mocaiaro, from Arabic مخير (mukháyyar, “choice"), past participle of خار (khāra, “to choose"). Form probably influenced by hair. Compare mockado, moire.

    From Wiktionary

Mohair Sentence Examples

  • Rough woollen cloth and mohair are woven by the natives, who also make excellent fire-arms and other weapons.

  • There is a trade in yellow berries and mohair.

  • The products are chiefly cereals, fruits, opium, cotton, tobacco, wool, ordinary goat-hair and mohair, in which there is a large trade.

  • The chief exports are wheat, mealies, Kaffir corn, wool, mohair, horses and cattle.

  • Its chief exports are diamonds, live stock (cattle, horses and mules, sheep and goats), wool, mohair, coal, wheat and eggs.

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