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
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The look featured a camel hair, four-bar classic sport coat, which coordinated to the single pleat four-bar trousers.
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Julia Teti, WWD, 27 Jan. 2025
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
For instance, Heaven Deer, a leading producer of Chinese double-sided woolen overcoats, has been cooperating with high-end European brands for many years and brought four types of products, including camel hair, camel hair blends and sports-style overcoats, to test the market.
—Li Jun, WWD, 1 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
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Julia Teti, WWD, 27 Jan. 2025
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
For instance, Heaven Deer, a leading producer of Chinese double-sided woolen overcoats, has been cooperating with high-end European brands for many years and brought four types of products, including camel hair, camel hair blends and sports-style overcoats, to test the market.
—Li Jun, WWD, 1 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
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“Camel hair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/camel%20hair. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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