mohair
noun/ˈməʊheə(r)/
/ˈməʊher/
[uncountable]- soft wool or cloth made from the fine hair of the angora goat, used for making clothes
- a mohair sweater
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Arabic muk̲ayyar ‘cloth made of goat's hair’ (literally ‘choice, select’). The change in ending was due to association with hair.Definitions on the go
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