cloth woven from horsehair, camel's hair, etc., used mainly for covering furniture
haircloth in American English
(ˈhɛərˌklɔθ, -ˌklɑθ)
noun
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
Word origin
[1490–1500; hair + cloth]This word is first recorded in the period 1490–1500. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: adopt, bulldog, filler, pointer, zone