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The hair of a horse, especially from the mane and tail, used for upholstery.
definition
A fabric made from this.
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Examples of horsehair in a Sentence
According to Sharp, all Dermestid larvae probably feed on dried animal matters; he mentions one species that can find sufficient food in the horsehair of furniture, and another that eats the dried insect-skins hanging in old cobwebs.
Sail-cloth, horsehair, cloth and webbing are manufactured.
This process with a moderate degree of heat thoroughly cleans it of external greasy matter, and all that is necessary before manufacturing is to gently tap the fur upon a leather cushion stuffed with horsehair with smooth canes of a flexibility suited to the strength of the fur.
Their national instrument, the gusle (gusla), is a single-stringed fiddle, often roughly fashioned of wood and ox-hide, the bow being strung with horsehair.
Anthrax in Plaster Plaster usually contains horsehair and, before controls were introduced in 1895, could contain anthrax spores.
The mane and tail should be of real horsehair, professionally cleaned and cured.
Real horsehair, or synthetic fiber if preferred, is used to create a flowing mane and tail.
The girl's dress has a full flounced skirt supported by numerous stiff horsehair and starched petticoats.
There are proposals to stop the Judges from wearing their horsehair wigs.
Twisted Tails Unique Horsehair Jewelry - Owner and jeweler Kim Howell began selling her horsehair jewelry online in 2002.