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goatshair

goatshair is the alternative form of goathair.

Meaning of goathair

Noun

goathair (uncountable)

  1. The hair of a goat, especially as used in making textiles.
    • At the front and back of the roof, narrow strips of woven goathair (mukhal) are usually sewn on to provide a bed for the pins which attach the front and back curtain walls (rugwâg) to the roof.1999, William & Fidelity Lancaster, People, Land and Water in the Arab Middle East, page 239

Origin of goatshair

goat + -s- + hair

Questions about goatshair

What is goatshair the alternative form of?
Goatshair is the alternative form of goathair.

Words near goatshair in the dictionary

  1. goatsbeards
  2. goatse
  3. goatseing
  4. goatses
  5. goatsfoot
  6. goatshair
  7. goatshit
  8. goatskin
  9. goatskinned
  10. goatskins
  11. goatsona

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Adapted from Wiktionary: goatshair (page history and authors); goathair (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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