haircloth

IPA: hˈɛrkɫʌθ

Examples of "haircloth" in Sentences

Different kinds of weaving, sack, haircloth, player rug developed here.
“But how can we appear before him, clad as we are in haircloth reeking with sulphur?”
Albert wore haircloth next to the skin, and clothed himself with coarse cloth and in wretched garments ....
St. Louis of France: and other pious princes dressed themselves in haircloth and crept to the cross barefoot.
The word originally means "haircloth," i.e., the coarse fabric, mostly of goat's hair, out of which tents, sails, carpets, etc. are made ...
Hanging on the mannequin in his studio was a ballet pink dramatic start of a gown constructed out of haircloth, the stiff fabric typically made from horsehair.
The water and foam are drawn off, and the deposit is thrown into a sack of haircloth, which is placed in a tub and water thrown over it till it runs off without any cloudiness.
And they who came remained gazing and listening till, at length, first one and then another threw off their bravery, and took his poor cassock and girdle instead; or, if they kept it, it was to put haircloth under it, or to take on them a rule of life, while to the world they looked as before.