A dress has layers of tulle and stiff "horsehair" interior trim for structure and bounce. From Wordnik.com. [Fashion Campaign] Reference
I personally fell in love with one of Robin Zehr's new "horsehair" pottery pieces and it soon will be gracing one of the shelves in my living room. From Wordnik.com. [PNJ - News] Reference
A horsehair army saddle blanket saves the animal's back. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman Tenderfoot] Reference
Facts in Natural History -- Will a horsehair become a snake?. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
I've had the chairs covered with red leather 'stead of horsehair. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Day's Daughters] Reference
Frank was given the narrow horsehair sofa in the stuffy parlor, but. From Wordnik.com. [Battling the Clouds or, For a Comrade's Honor] Reference
She indicated a small humpbacked trunk covered with moth-eaten horsehair. From Wordnik.com. [Ralestone Luck] Reference
One horsehair dartboard appears from behind the bar on Tuesday afternoons. From Wordnik.com. [Briefly, on Dive Bars] Reference
Then they faced each other, Janet taking her place upon the horsehair sofa. From Wordnik.com. [Janet of the Dunes] Reference
She takes a step towards him, her legs a pair of trembling horsehair strings. From Wordnik.com. [Little Girls] Reference
Is usually worked with horsehair on the edges to give firmness to the cordonnet. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
My hair was brought low in front and puffed over horsehair cushions at the sides. From Wordnik.com. [Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History] Reference
The cordonnet of Alençon is the only one which has horsehair for its foundation. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
As for the fur/hair, I wrote down in my notebook that it reminded me of horsehair. From Wordnik.com. [Making It Work … or Not] Reference
In lieu of feathers horsehair and a kind of moss or other plant fiber are often used. From Wordnik.com. [Negritos of Zambales] Reference
Suddenly Denny's anxious eyes lighted on the horsehair lariat attached to the saddle. From Wordnik.com. [Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers] Reference
When she recovered consciousness she was lying upon the old horsehair sofa in the library. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the Hills] Reference
In a helmet, with a horsehair tail, and a large white cloak, he does look extremely like the. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 29, 1892] Reference
"And the white horsehair stuff out of the fireplace," said Philip, pointing to the empty grate. From Wordnik.com. [The Gap in the Fence] Reference
A big horsehair bow attached to a shaft operated by a motor was automatically sawing across the string. From Wordnik.com. [Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930] Reference
Especially in Latin, and with the threat of religiosa hanging in the theological air like a horsehair hammock. From Wordnik.com. [Ecce viator : Behold the Traveler] Reference
Two artificial plaits stretch themselves languishingly upon a dark mass not unlike a large handful of horsehair. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Both his defense attorney and the public prosecutor are thickset Australian barristers who wear yellowing horsehair wigs. From Wordnik.com. [Blowing The Whistle] Reference
In the pocket thus formed horsehair or other stuffing is pushed, care being taken to distribute it evenly and not too thick. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
Cynthia, lying on the horsehair sofa of the dim room across the hall, looked up and saw the new and ugly spot over her head. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the Hills] Reference
The small horsehair sofa where he sometimes tried to find a resting-place and failed; the tiny chiffonnier, unenlightened by. From Wordnik.com. [The Girls of St. Olave's] Reference
Within sat a young Egyptian, dressed in a robe of white linen, and wearing a great black wig of horsehair with many small plaits. From Wordnik.com. [Children of the Old Testament] Reference
Perhaps, Simon thought, the penitential shirt of woven horsehair he wore next to his skin warmed Louis even as it discomforted him. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
The buckwheat they had brought from their home and it was all ground in the coffee mill then sifted through a horsehair sieve before it could be used. From Wordnik.com. [Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History] Reference
So spake glorious Hector and took up his horsehair-crested helmet; and his dear wife departed to her home, often looking back and letting fall great tears. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
It can also be spun in threads of very much larger diameter, which can be used as a substitute for horsehair, for carbonising for incandescent electric lamps, &c. From Wordnik.com. [Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900] Reference
Having but three legs, it leaned in a loafing way against the wall, and its rags of horsehair and protruding springs gave it a most trampish and disreputable appearance. From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
A small red and black Navajo blanket served as a saddle pad and he found a fine Navajo bridle, too, woven of black horsehair, with a big hand-hammered silver buckle on each cheek. From Wordnik.com. [The Blood of the Conquerors] Reference
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