any of the coarse hairs that form the outer fur in certain mammals, rising above the underfur
guard hair in American English
any of the coarse protective hairs in the outer fur of certain mammals
guard hair in American English
noun
the long, usually stiff outer hair protecting the underfur in certain animals
Word origin
[1910–15]This word is first recorded in the period 1910–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blackout, carbon cycle, grass roots, homeroom, spotlight
Examples of 'guard hair' in a sentence
guard hair
The fibre traits data investigated were cashmere fibre diameter, combed cashmere weight, cashmere fibre length and guard hair length.
Haiying Liu, Chao Liu, Guiqin Yang, Hui Li, Jin Dai, Yuyan Cong, Xuejian Li 2012, 'DNA Polymorphism of Insulin-like Growth Factor-binding Protein-3 Gene and Its Associationwith Cashmere Traits in Cashmere Goats', Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Scienceshttp://www.ajas.info/upload/pdf/25-197.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)