overfurn.
/ˈəʊvəfəː/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌfər/ = overhair n. Cf. underfur n.
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1896 Amer. Naturalist 30 236 Under-fur fine, tawny-white basally, becoming tawny at distal end; over-fur white or black at base in about equal proportions.
1913 J. W. Jones Fur-farming in Canada iv. 96 Mammals which have a short, fine, soft coat of fur through which grows hair, usually of greater length, variously called overfur, water~fur, guard-hair, are known as fur-bearers.
1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 153 Top fur, this refers to the guard hairs or overfur; it is stiffer, coarser and usually darker than the underfur.
2002 Environment News Service Newswire (Nexis) 2 Aug. The riparian brush rabbit, with dark brown to gray overfur and white fur underneath, is a small cottontail, about a foot long.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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