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Definition of horsehair in English: horsehairnoun ˈhɔːshɛːˈhɔrsˌhɛr mass nounHair from the mane or tail of a horse, typically used in furniture for padding. 马鬃,马尾毛(多用作家具填料) as modifier a horsehair mattress Example sentencesExamples - The commonest materials for Western stringed instruments are gut, metal, and latterly plastic, though such other materials as silk and horsehair have been used.
- By 1849 the discreet euphemism ‘dress-improver’ was in use, and by 1853 bustles were being made with rolls of crinoline (a mixture of horsehair and linen).
- Early wigs were made of black horsehair, dressed daily with powder and a scented ointment called pomatum, which had ruinous effects on the wearer's clothes.
- To characterize the effect of the sample preparation procedure on the keratin structure, WAXS patterns were recorded for three groups of four horsehair fibers.
- The Italians are wearing black robes with ornate gold braid on their shoulders; the British, horsehair wigs; the Dutch and French, simple, unadorned black robes.
- At the reception, I counted five horsehair wigs.
- Quality furniture formerly used horsehair stuffing, and this may still be present in some antiques.
- The nests are usually constructed of mud mixed with straw, grasses, or horsehair, and cemented to the vertical surfaces of old beams or rafters.
- They use small ‘bows’ made from Popsicle sticks and rosined horsehair and draw them back and forth across the piano's strings to produce melodies, drones, and staccato rhythmic figures.
- Heaven forbid they see me in my typical trail riding attire: comfy jeans, western blouse and cowboy hat, complete with braided horsehair stampede string.
- These tautly stretched lines consist of single strands of horsehair, arranged in an elegant composition that brings to mind the great horizontal tableaux of Barnett Newman.
- Inlaid furniture, kilim rugs with horsehair tassels, and multicolored lamps with crescent moons complete the decorative program.
- The furnishings included a massive desk in the Empire style, a table with an Italian marble top, sofas and chairs with horsehair seats, and a billiard table.
- A few of them had dyed horsehair forming a mane along the top of their helmet.
- All the experiments were carried out on horsehair fibers taken from the tail.
- In this new upholstery, the same interlaced webbing was still used, but it supported a group of springs rather than horsehair.
- I don't go around whipping myself and wearing horsehair shirts.
- In 1857, an efficient power wire loom had been developed; one of the early uses was for kitchen sieves, which previously had been made from horsehair.
- The main difference, though, lay in the padding - either lamb's wool or horsehair - Broughton incorporated into his gloves to soften blows.
- Though Western riders can use a bitless halter and a ‘Mecate’ rein made of woven horsehair, Sarah is able to guide her horse just by pressure from her legs and shifting her bodyweight.
Definition of horsehair in US English: horsehairnounˈhôrsˌherˈhɔrsˌhɛr Hair from the mane or tail of a horse, typically used in furniture for padding. 马鬃,马尾毛(多用作家具填料) as modifier a horsehair mattress Example sentencesExamples - The nests are usually constructed of mud mixed with straw, grasses, or horsehair, and cemented to the vertical surfaces of old beams or rafters.
- The Italians are wearing black robes with ornate gold braid on their shoulders; the British, horsehair wigs; the Dutch and French, simple, unadorned black robes.
- Inlaid furniture, kilim rugs with horsehair tassels, and multicolored lamps with crescent moons complete the decorative program.
- Quality furniture formerly used horsehair stuffing, and this may still be present in some antiques.
- Though Western riders can use a bitless halter and a ‘Mecate’ rein made of woven horsehair, Sarah is able to guide her horse just by pressure from her legs and shifting her bodyweight.
- The main difference, though, lay in the padding - either lamb's wool or horsehair - Broughton incorporated into his gloves to soften blows.
- The furnishings included a massive desk in the Empire style, a table with an Italian marble top, sofas and chairs with horsehair seats, and a billiard table.
- The commonest materials for Western stringed instruments are gut, metal, and latterly plastic, though such other materials as silk and horsehair have been used.
- All the experiments were carried out on horsehair fibers taken from the tail.
- At the reception, I counted five horsehair wigs.
- In 1857, an efficient power wire loom had been developed; one of the early uses was for kitchen sieves, which previously had been made from horsehair.
- In this new upholstery, the same interlaced webbing was still used, but it supported a group of springs rather than horsehair.
- A few of them had dyed horsehair forming a mane along the top of their helmet.
- Heaven forbid they see me in my typical trail riding attire: comfy jeans, western blouse and cowboy hat, complete with braided horsehair stampede string.
- Early wigs were made of black horsehair, dressed daily with powder and a scented ointment called pomatum, which had ruinous effects on the wearer's clothes.
- These tautly stretched lines consist of single strands of horsehair, arranged in an elegant composition that brings to mind the great horizontal tableaux of Barnett Newman.
- To characterize the effect of the sample preparation procedure on the keratin structure, WAXS patterns were recorded for three groups of four horsehair fibers.
- They use small ‘bows’ made from Popsicle sticks and rosined horsehair and draw them back and forth across the piano's strings to produce melodies, drones, and staccato rhythmic figures.
- By 1849 the discreet euphemism ‘dress-improver’ was in use, and by 1853 bustles were being made with rolls of crinoline (a mixture of horsehair and linen).
- I don't go around whipping myself and wearing horsehair shirts.
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