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haircloth
haircloth (ˈhɛəklɒθ) [Cf. haire.] 1. Cloth or fabric made of hair, used for various purposes, as for tents, towels, shirts of penitents and ascetics; also in drying malt, hops, or the like.1500 Nottingham Rec. III. 452 Every peece of hayrcloth. 1582 N. T. (Rhem.) Matt. xi. 21 They had done penance i...
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Haircloth
In tailoring applications, haircloth is woven using cotton warp and horsehair weft. However, in modern suits, haircloth is often replaced with synthetic fabrics.
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haircloth
hairclothn cloth made of a mixture of fabric and animal's hair 马尾衬; 毛布.
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Sackcloth
The term in English often connotes the biblical usage, where the Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible remarks that haircloth would be more appropriate rendering Burlap, another term used in English translation, is also generally understood as goat haircloth. Stiff camel hair was also used.
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hair-shirt
hair-shirt A shirt made of haircloth, worn by ascetics and penitents. (Cf. haire.)1737 Pope Hor. Epist. i. i. 165 No prelate's lawn, with hair shirt lin'd, Is half so incoherent as my mind. 1869 Freeman Norm. Conq. III. xii. 213 After her death..a hair-shirt was found on her.fig. 1884 Pall Mall G. 1...
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Daniel Littlefield
Daniel Greene Littlefield (November 23, 1822 – May 31, 1891) was a haircloth mill owner in Central Falls, Rhode Island, and Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Pawtucket Hair Cloth Company
In 1863 came the career move that would define the rest of his life: the manufacture of haircloth, which is a stiff fabric
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Mohair
The word "mohair" was adopted into English sometime before 1570 from the Arabic: mukhayyar, a type of haircloth, literally "choice", from khayyara, "he
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haire
▪ I. † haire Obs. Forms: α. 1 hǽre, hére, 2–3 hære, 3–4 here, 3–6 heare, 4–6 heer(e. β. 3 haiȝre, 3–7 haire (4 heiȝre, 4–5 heyre, 4–6 hayr(e, heire, 5 hayr, heyeer, 5–6 hayer, 6 heyer). γ. 4–5 hare. [Of this word there were two ME. types, both however going back to WGer. *hârjâ deriv. of hăr hair: t...
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Horsehair
It is used for various purposes, including upholstery, brushes, the bows of musical instruments, a hard-wearing fabric called haircloth, and for horsehair
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velure
velure (vɪˈl(j)ʊə(r)) Also 6 vellure. [ad. OF. velour: see velours.] † 1. Velvet. Also attrib. Obs.1587 Harrison Descr. Eng. iii. i. in Holinshed I. 221/1 But now..the same [wool] hath beene imploied vnto sundrie other vses, as mockados, baies, vellures, grograines, &c. 1596 Shakes. Tam. Shr. iii. i...
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Henry B. Metcalf
1867, he helped to form the Boston Button Company as the firm's senior partner and in 1874 he moved to Rhode Island where he established the Pawtucket Haircloth
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disaccommodate
disaccommodate, v. ? Obs. (dɪsəˈkɒmədeɪt) [f. dis- 6 + accommodate v.] trans. To put to inconvenience, to incommode; the reverse of to accommodate.1611 Cotgr., Desaccommoder, to disaccommodate. 1640 J. Rous Diary (Camden) 96 It may not only disaccommodate, but occasion the hurte..of many of his Maje...
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Camel hair
Guard hair is the outer protective fur, which is coarse and inflexible and can be woven into haircloth.
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oastesse
▪ I. oast (əʊst) Forms: α. 1 ást, (4 a nost), 4–9 ost, 4–7 host(e, 6 oste, 7 oost, 8 oust, 6– oast. β. 5 est, 7 east, eest. [OE. ást, corresp. to MLG. eist, Du. eest, formerly also eist:—OTeut. *aisto-z from *aiđto-z, f. root aidh, weak grade idh, iđ, aiđ (Skr. idh) to burn, whence also OE. ád, OHG....
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毛布
【毛布】máobù(1)[haircloth]∶用兽毛织成的布(2)[coarse calico;coarse cotton cloth]∶用较粗的棉纱织成的布
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