horsehair
/ˈhɔːshɛː
/noun [mass noun]
Hair from the mane or tail of a horse, typically used in furniture for padding: [as modifier]: a horsehair mattress...
- Quality furniture formerly used horsehair stuffing, and this may still be present in some antiques.
- A few of them had dyed horsehair forming a mane along the top of their helmet.
- The main difference, though, lay in the padding - either lamb's wool or horsehair - Broughton incorporated into his gloves to soften blows.
- get one's rocks off
- get one's shit together
- get one's skates on
- get one's tongue round
- get one's wires crossed
- get one's wires (or lines) crossed
- get on (or along) like a house on fire
- get on someone's nerves
- get on someone's tits
- get on someone's wick
- get on to
- get on top of
- get (or be) even
- get (or be given) a guernsey
- get (or be given) the gate
- get (or be) in on the act
- get (or be or go) beyond a joke
- get (or be) shot of
- get (or be) spliced
- get (or catch) it in the neck
- get (or give someone) a fair shake
- get (or give someone) ideas
- get (or give someone) the hook
- get (or give someone) the push (or shove)
- get (or go) back to nature