horsehairy

English

Etymology

horsehair +‎ -y

Adjective

horsehairy (comparative more horsehairy, superlative most horsehairy)

  1. Resembling or covered with horsehair.
    • 1905, Lloyd Osbourne, Baby Bullet: the motor of destiny, page 171:
      It was a dark, horsehairy place with a sort of abandon-hope atmosphere that seemed suitable for people that had no money, and who were going indefinitely into pawn.
    • 1932, Northwest Journal of Dentistry (volume 20, page 210)
      He puts stitches in the roof of your mouth — black horsehairy ones that tickle.
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