Horsehair
['hɔːsheə] or ['hɔrshɛr]
Definition
(noun.) a fabric made from fibers taken from the mane or tail of horses; used for upholstery.
(noun.) hair taken from the mane or tail of a horse.
Checked by Delores--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A hair of a horse, especially one from the mane or tail; the hairs of the mane or tail taken collectively; a fabric or tuft made of such hairs.
Edited by Angus
Examples
- Out came Meg, with gray horsehair hanging about her face, a red and black robe, a staff, and cabalistic signs upon her cloak. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It was a large, dark room, furnished in a funereal manner with black horsehair, and loaded with heavy dark tables. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Next he assisted her into the room, where there was an old-fashioned horsehair settee as large as a donkey wagon. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The most delicate materials are tested by the same machine--the tensile strength of a horsehair, some of which are found to stand the strain of one and two pounds. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Typist: Ted