camel hair

noun

variants or less commonly camel's hair

1

: the hair of the camel or a substitute for it (such as hair from squirrels' tails)

2

: cloth made of camel hair or a mixture of camel hair and wool usually light tan and of soft silky texture

Examples of camel hair in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Beneath his suit coat, Kelce also wore a camel hair tone vest and crisp white button-down shirt. —Julia Teti, WWD, 27 Jan. 2025

For the occasion, Swift wore a Gucci GG net corset in navy blue and cream that retails for $1,650, paired with a black leather mini skirt and a Polo Ralph Lauren camel hair coat, along with black Louis Vuitton Roxy platform boots. —Escher Walcott, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024

The bunnies were originally crafted from plaster of paris, chicken wire, and camel hair. —Sidney Steele, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024

The new website page for MTO includes a carousel of possible fabric choices, with digital swatches of fuzzy camel hair, chalk stripe flannel, and gun club tweed standing in for the hundreds of options on offer. —Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2023

John the Baptist had his camel hair cilice. —Leigh Cowart, Wired, 30 Sep. 2021

For example, scanning electron microscopy allowed to us to pinpoint that camel hair was chosen as a fiber for making this rope bridle, while collagen preserved within ancient sinew revealed that deer tissue was used to haft a Bronze Age arrowhead to its shaft. —William Taylor, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for camel hair

• aftercare
• anywhere
• billionaire
• chinaware
• debonair
• dinnerware
• disrepair
• doctrinaire
• earthenware
• everywhere
• frigidaire
• kitchenware

Kids Definition

camel hair

noun

variants also camel's hair

1

: the hair of a camel or a substitute for it (as hair from squirrels' tails)

2

: a cloth made of camel hair or of camel hair and wool