different between camelhair vs camelshair

camelhair

English

Alternative forms

  • camel hair
  • camel's hair

Noun

camelhair (countable and uncountable, plural camelhairs)

  1. The soft hair of a camel.
  2. A substitute for this hair.
    • 1993, Philip Ward, Panama hats, crocodile tears and other common fallacies (page 24)
      Camelhair brushes are made for artists and architects from the hair of the tails of Russian squirrels.
  3. A soft fabric made from this hair.

Quotations

  • 1834 George Long - The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
    It must be applied to the whole specimen by means of a camelhair pencil.
  • 2005 Wu Ming - 54
    Lucania wrapped himself up in his camelhair coat and went on smoking.

Anagrams

  • chimaeral

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camelshair

English

Etymology

camel +? -s- +? hair

Noun

camelshair (uncountable)

  1. (attributive) The hair of a camel, used for paintbrushes etc.

Anagrams

  • camelhairs

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