English
Etymology
From Middle English hors her, horshere, hors-here, hors heer (also hors-hore), equivalent to horse + hair. Compare Old Norse hross-hár (“horsehair”).
Noun
horsehair (countable and uncountable, plural horsehairs)
- The hair of a horse, especially from the mane and tail, used for upholstery.
- A fabric made from this.
- Synonym: haircloth
Derived terms
Translations
hair of a horse, from its mane or tail
- Armenian: ձար (hy) (jar)
- Bulgarian: конски косъм m (konski kosǎm)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 馬毛 / 马毛 (mǎmáo)
- Czech: žíně (cs) f
- Finnish: jouhi (fi)
- French: crin (fr) m
- Georgian: ძუა (ʒua)
- German: Rosshaar (de) n
- Hungarian: lószőr (hu)
- Ingrian: jouhi
- Italian: crine (it) m
- Japanese: 馬毛 (うまげ, umage)
- Luxembourgish: Päerdshoer n
- Macedonian: ко́њско вла́кно n (kónjsko vlákno)
- Middle English: hors her
- Mingrelian: ძუა (ʒua)
- Polish: końskie włosie n
- Russian: ко́нский во́лос (ru) m (kónskij vólos)
- Swedish: tagel (sv) n
- Turkish: yele (tr), at yelesi
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fabric made from hair of a horse
— see haircloth