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haircloth

/hair-klawth, -kloth/US // ˈhɛərˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ //UK // (ˈhɛəˌklɒθ) //

发布,毛布,头发布,毛巾

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : cloth of hair from the manes and tails of horses, woven with a cotton warp, and used for interlinings of clothes, upholstery, etc.

Examples

  • And Mathathias and his sons rent their garments, and they covered themselves with haircloth, and made great lamentation.

  • Miss Isobel's attitude toward her mother was that of a monk to his haircloth shirt.

  • She then broke the glass over the clock face, and with a penknife cut slits in the carpets and haircloth covering of the sofa.

  • The chairs matched the sofa, one being a comfortable rocker with cover of haircloth.

  • Ralph insisted that the haircloth sofa in the parlor was just the thing, but Captain Eri wouldn't hear of it.