camel-hair in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

camel-hair in the PONS Dictionary

camel-hair Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a camel hair coat
un manteau en poil de chameau
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It can be single- or double-breasted, and has been popular in a wide variety of fabrics, typically heavier weight tweeds, or charcoal and navy, and even the camel hair classic.
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And plenty of people will insist that high-quality dartboards are made with horse or camel hair, but it simply isn't true.
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Camel hair can produce a variety of different coarseness of yarn.
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Their origin is similarly diverse, some made from plant fibres, sheep's wool, camel hair, as well as the bark of trees.
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He says he wore camel hair, a leather belt, and survived off locusts and wild honey.
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You can see it in those spiky stilettos, the fitted camel hair coats, the flirty floral frocks cinched tightly at the waist and, of course, the trademark red lipstick.
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They mixed glue, water and radium powder, and then used camel hair brushes to apply the glowing paint onto dials.
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Pure camel hair is recorded as being used for western garments from the 17th century onwards, and from the 19th century a mixture of wool and camel hair was used.
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Other materials, such as cotton, camel hair, goat hair, and flax have been used to make these carpets.
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Sometimes, goat and camel hair are also used by nomadic and village weavers.
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