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# horsehair

noun (horsehair, uncountable)

«horsehair» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Horsehair is the hair from a horse's mane or tail, used to make things such as violin bows, brushes and stuffing for old furniture. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horsehair/#m1)

### In the lessons

In music lessons, violin, viola and cello bows are strung with horsehair, which is rubbed with rosin so it grips the strings. In history, horsehair was used to stuff mattresses and sofas and to make judges' and barristers' wigs in the UK. Horsehair plaster was used in old houses.

### Examples

- A violin bow is strung with horsehair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horsehair/#x1)
- The old sofa was stuffed with horsehair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horsehair/#x2)
- British judges' wigs are made of horsehair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horsehair/#x3)
- Rub rosin on the horsehair before you play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horsehair/#x4)
- The paintbrush was made of horsehair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horsehair/#x5)
- The scratchy horsehair mattress was uncomfortable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horsehair/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable: «some horsehair». One word. Taking hair from a horse's mane or tail does not hurt the horse when done properly.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «horsehair» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horsehair/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«horsehair» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/horsehair.html) on Mova free.