Mohair

//ˈmoʊhɛɹ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Yarn or fabric made from the hair of the angora goat, often as mixed with cotton or other materials. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    fabric made with yarn made from the silky hair of the Angora goat wordnet
  3. 3
    The long, fine hair of the Angora goat. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    An Angora goat. countable, uncountable

    "mohair goat, mohair kid"

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corduroycottonfabricfibernylonthread

Example

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"We mean by this, that the Angora goat raising industry is yet in its infancy, and that much of the mohair produced is sheared from goats which have been bred from the common hair variety."

Etymology

Earlier mocayre, from Middle French mocayart and Italian mocaiardo, mocaiarro, both from Arabic مُخَيَّر (muḵayyar, “choice”), past participle of خَيَّرَ (ḵayyara, “to choose”). Form influenced by hair through folk etymology. Doublet of moire; compare mockado.

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