horsehair

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  1. noun The hair of a horse, especially from the mane or tail.
  2. noun Cloth made of the hair of horses.

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  • And there were the other four books to consider as well Moammar rolled a handful of mud in horsehair, and began shaping the mud into a tiny, bird-like figure. —  Asimov'sSF,Jan2004
  • The bow is just another piece of wood - loved and strung with horsehair, but the essentially the same thing. —  TPSBlog
  • I personally fell in love with one of Robin Zehr's new "horsehair" pottery pieces and it soon will be gracing one of the shelves in my living room. —  PNJ - News
  • The superloop sprung back is encased in Mongolian horsehair for the ultimate in durable seating. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • Stinking of the barn's musk and covered in horsehair, the players are back in Cambridge shortly before midnight. —  The Harvard Crimson :: News
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  1. from Middle English horsher (= Icelandic hrosshār); from horse + hair.
 

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/ˈhɔrshɛr/
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