hair-shirtn.
A shirt made of haircloth, worn by ascetics and penitents. (Cf. haire n.)
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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
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 > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > shirt > types of > of specific material
hair-shirt1737
hunting-shirt1775
hickory shirt1825
narp1839
regatta shirt1840
boiled shirt1853
shirt1867
undergo1876
Oxford shirt1881
mackinaw shirt1916
Oxford1927
Aertex shirt1937
1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace i. i. 165 No Prelate's Lawn with Hair-shirt lin'd, Is half so incoherent as my Mind.
1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xii. 213 After her death..a hair-shirt was found on her.
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