hairclothn.
/ˈhɛːklɒθ/, U.S. /ˈhɛrˌklɔθ/, /ˈhɛrˌklɑθ/ 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.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from hair > [noun]
hairec825
tilt-hairc1440
hairc1485
haircloth1500
hair-patch?1611
1500 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 452 Every peece of hayrcloth.
1582 Bible (Rheims) Matt. xi. 21 They had done penance in hearecloth and ashes long agoe.
1613 A. Sherley Relation Trav. Persia 19 Tents of blacke haire-cloth.
1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. ii. §17. 75 The same sort of hair-cloth of which our coal-sacks are made.
1850 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders 232 Chastening herself with haircloth, which she wore under her royal apparel.
2. An article (as a shirt, towel, etc.) made of this fabric.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > hair
haircloth1548
society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > asceticism or mortification > [noun] > garment of
cilicec950
shirt of hair1527
haircloth1548
hair-shirt1737
society > faith > artefacts > lay garments > items of attire > [noun] > penitential garment
hairec825
cilicec950
sackc1000
hauberkc1305
habergeonc1386
sackclotha1400
shirt of hair1527
shriving cloth1534
haircloth1548
sanbenito1568
white sheet1570
penitential robea1625
sack gown1693
samarra1731
hair-shirt1737
repentance-gown1896
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > hair > as penitential clothing
cilicec950
shirt of hair1527
haircloth1548
society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penance > [noun] > garment of
hairec825
cilicec950
sackc1000
hauberkc1305
habergeonc1386
sackclotha1400
shirt of hair1527
shriving cloth1534
haircloth1548
sanbenito1568
white sheet1570
penitential robea1625
sack gown1693
samarra1731
hair-shirt1737
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from hair > [noun] > article made of
haircloth1548
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. xi. 68 Woulde haue doen penaunce in heerclothes and ashes.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 10v It serueth to conuey downe the Malt, after it is watred vnto the hearecloth.
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 57 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors The Master of the Bath rubb'd me all over with a hair-cloth.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Hair-Cloths, in military affairs..are used for covering the powder in waggons, or upon batteries.
1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 176 The ascetic, Jonadab..in his hair-cloth.
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