Etymograph

English

haircloth

From hair + cloth.

A compound of hair + cloth

Proto-Germanic *hērą

Proto-West Germanic *hār

Old English hǣr

Middle English her ‘a hair’

English hair

Proto-Germanic *klaiþą ‘garment’

Proto-West Germanic *klaiþ

Old English clāþ ‘cloth, clothes, covering, sail’

Middle English cloth

English cloth

Today it means

noun A coarse cloth made of the mane or tail hairs of a horse, associated with furniture upholstery, and with uncomfortable clothing worn by people practising religious asceticism.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / haircloth