camelhair

English

Alternative forms
  • camel hair, camel's hair

Noun

camelhair (countable and uncountable, plural camelhairs)

  1. The soft hair of a camel.
  2. A substitute for this hair.
    • 1993, Philip Ward, Panama hats, crocodile tears and other common fallacies, page 24:
      Camelhair brushes are made for artists and architects from the hair of the tails of Russian squirrels.
  3. A soft fabric made from this hair.

Quotations
  • 1834 George Long - The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
    It must be applied to the whole specimen by means of a camelhair pencil.
  • 2005 Wu Ming - 54
    Lucania wrapped himself up in his camelhair coat and went on smoking.

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