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haircloth
English
Etymology
From hair +? cloth.
Noun
haircloth (countable and uncountable, plural haircloths)
- Cloth made of the mane or tail hairs of a horse.
Synonyms
- horsehair
Translations
haircloth From the web:
- what is haircloth made of
- what is haircloth fabric
- what does haircloth mean
hairshirt
English
Alternative forms
- hair shirt, hair-shirt
Etymology
hair +? shirt
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?h?????t/
- (US) enPR: hâr?sh?rt, IPA(key): /?h????t/
Noun
hairshirt (plural hairshirts)
- A shirt made of haircloth; especially one worn by ascetics or the penitent.
- Synonyms: cilice, sackcloth
- (figuratively) A state of penitence and humility.
Adjective
hairshirt (not comparable)
- Advocating or adopting a relatively ascetic lifestyle, especially for environmentalist reasons.
Derived terms
- hairshirtism
See also
- flagellant
- self-mortification
Further reading
- hairshirt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)
hairshirt From the web:
- what does hairshirt mean
- what does harry hairshirt mean
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