Definition of "camelhair" [cam•el•hair]

• The soft fine hair of the camel or a substitute for it. (noun)
• A soft, heavy, usually light tan cloth, made chiefly of the hair of camel. (noun)

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• "Stan Sesser/The Wall Street Journal The Mongolian camel driver-guide Enkhtuya, left, owns 30 camels, used for tourism and the fur that goes into camelhair coats."
• "He owns 30 camels, used for tourism and the fur that goes into camelhair coats."
• "We ' re left to guess, for instance, what it means that a man has his camelhair jacket shoggling over the cantle of the saddle."