camel's hairn.
1.
a. The hair of the camel. (But cf. camel-yarn n.)
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > hair > [noun]
camel's hairc1325
goat's hair1418
mohair1753
pashm1843
pashmina1850
c1325 Metr. Hom. 10 Wit camel hare was he cledde.
c1325 Metr. Hom. 41 Al men wist that knew sain Jon, That he hauid camel har him upon.
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 3 Joon was cloþid wiþ camele heer.
1611 Bible (King James) Matt. iii. 4 The same Iohn had his raiment of camels haire . View more context for this quotation
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products (at cited word) Camel's-hair is much longer than sheep's wool, and often as fine as silk.
b. Used attributively of a cloth or garment, etc., made from the hair of the camel. Also elliptical.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from hair > [adjective] > specific
camel's hair1678
pattu1857
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from hair > [noun] > from camel's hair
camelinec1400
polo cloth1877
camel's hair1964
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > hair > other
cameline1599
mohair1668
camel's hair1968
1678 in Rec. Court of New Castle on Delaware (1904) 361 A Camell haire Rugg.
1854 M. Cummins Lamplighter 178 That boy..has sent you home a camel's hair scarf.
1860 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner (1887) 67 A camel's-hair scarf.
1865 Atlantic Monthly 15 10 Cotton-bales, bound in striped camel's-hair cloth.
1918 W. Owen Let. 10 Sept. (1967) 575 I'm sitting in my Camel Hair Coat at my bed-table.
1964 McCall's Sewing in Colour iv. 56/1 Camel hair, a coating fabric made from the natural-coloured hair of the camel, frequently mixed with wool.
1968 E. Trevor Place for Wicked v. 70 Well I'll bring my camel-hair. It's got pockets like rucksacks.
2. The long hairs from the tail of a squirrel, used to make artists' paint-brushes. Also attributive, as in camel('s) hair brush, camel('s) hair pencil.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > hair > specific type or of specific animal
horsehairc1305
bristlec1314
brock-wool1500
camel's hair1771
fine hair1885
pig wool1892
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > brush > types of
pencila1350
calaber pencil1583
washing-brush1585
softener1756
hair-pencil1763
camel('s) hair pencil1771
pound brush1780
dabberc1790
varnishing brush1825
writer1825
red sable1859
sweetener1859
varnish brush1859
fitch1873
sable-brush1873
wash-brush1873
Poona brush1875
hake1882
rigger1883
airbrush1884
liner1886
sable1891
stippler1891
aerograph1898
mop brush1904
filbert brush1950
1771 J. Smeaton in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 61 206 Take a middling camel's hair pencil.
1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 347 He could not procure camels' hair pencils.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Camel-hair Pencil, a small brush used by painters in water-colours, made of badgers' hair, camel's hair, or other suitable material.
1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 295 Brushes made of red sable, and also the squirrel—or ‘camel hair’ as it is called.
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