haircloth

[ hair-klawth, -kloth ]

/ ˈhɛərˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ /

cloth of hair from the manes and tails of horses, woven with a cotton warp, and used for interlinings of clothes, upholstery, etc.

Also called cilice.

Origin of haircloth

First recorded in 1490–1500; hair + cloth

Rebecca returned at this moment and seated herself on the haircloth settle, nodding silently to Droop.

The Panchronicon |Harold Steele Mackaye
Yet so violent was Gitl's agitation that she had to sit down on the haircloth lounge for breath and to regain composure.

Yekl |Abraham Cahan
Rub the first coats with curled hair or haircloth and the last with pulverized pumice stone and raw linseed oil or crude oil.

Mission Furniture |H. H. Windsor
The shutters were thrown open, and the thin-legged piano and the haircloth furniture were furbished up for the morrow.

Explorers of the Dawn |Mazo de la Roche

Then I dragged the haircloth trunk back into its dark corner.

Sisters |Grace May North

haircloth

/ (ˈhɛəˌklɒθ) /

a cloth woven from horsehair, used in upholstery