Haircloth

Haircloth

Haircloth is a stiff, unsupple fabric typically made from horsehair and/or from the wooly hair of a camel. Although "horsehair" generally refers to the hair of a horse's mane or tail, haircloth itself is sometimes called "horsehair". Horse or camel hair woven into haircloth may be fashioned into clothing or upholstery.

In the history of brewing, for drying the malt haircloth was spread over the kiln floor to keep grain from dropping down into the furnace. Perforated metal or tile (gratings, meshes) were also used, but had a drawback of scorching the grain. ["The circle of the mechanical arts"by Thomas Martin, 1813, [http://books.google.com/books?id=6_oGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA86&lpg=PA86&dq=haircloth+barley&source=web&ots=KfWxTMp5Mz&sig=zMF72wEWUAYXw_JWkVX6y_Cot58 p. 86,] "Brewing"]

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  • Haircloth — Hair cloth ( kl[o^]th ), n. Stuff or cloth made wholly or in part of hair. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • haircloth — c.1500, from HAIR (Cf. hair) + CLOTH (Cf. cloth) …   Etymology dictionary

  • haircloth — [her′klôth΄] n. cloth woven from horsehair, camel s hair, etc., used mainly for covering furniture …   English World dictionary

  • haircloth — noun Date: 1500 any of various stiff wiry fabrics especially of horsehair or camel hair used for upholstery or for stiffening in garments …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • haircloth — /hair klawth , kloth /, n. 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. [1490 1500; HAIR + CLOTH] * * * …   Universalium

  • haircloth — noun Cloth made of the mane or tail hairs of a horse …   Wiktionary

  • haircloth — hair|cloth [ˈheəklɔθ US ˈherklo:θ] n [U] a type of rough material made from animal hair …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • haircloth — n. cloth woven from horse hair and cotton (used in upholstery) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • haircloth — noun stiff cloth with a cotton or linen warp and horsehair weft …   English new terms dictionary

  • haircloth — noun (U) rough material made from animal hair, especially from horses or camels …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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