overhair
(ˈəʊvəhɛə(r))
[over- 8.]
In fur-bearing quadrupeds, the long straight hair that grows over or beyond the fur.
| 1879 M. M. Backus in Encycl. Brit. IX. 836/2 Certain animals..have a covering upon the skin called fur, lying alongside of another and longer covering, called the over⁓hair. 1880 Libr. Univ. Knowl. (N.Y.) I. 353 [Furs] differ widely in elegance of texture, delicacy of shade, and fineness of overhair. |