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Horsehair is the long hair growing on the manes and tails of horses. It is used for various purposes, including upholstery , brushes , the bows of musical instruments, a hard-wearing fabric called haircloth , and for horsehair plaster , a wallcovering material formerly used in the construction industry and now found only in older buildings.
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Bang Bang's current logo. This is a list of television programs currently broadcast (in first-run or reruns), scheduled to be broadcast, or formerly broadcast on Bang Bang, an Albanian television channel by DigitAlb that airs a mix of animated television series, animated and live-action films as well as live-action Albanian originals produced by DigitAlb.
Lime plaster is a type of plaster composed of sand, water, and lime, usually non-hydraulic hydrated lime (also known as slaked lime, high calcium lime or air lime). Ancient lime plaster often contained horse hair for reinforcement and pozzolan additives to reduce the working time.
Horsehair crinoline, 1840s Haircloth is commonly understood as a stiff, unsupple fabric made from coarse fibre from camelids , bovines , horses , goats , rabbits , hares and reindeers . [ 1 ] However, a softer variation is valued in the textile and fashion industries for their rarity, aesthetics and comfort.
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The skill of weaving of horse-hair was rare in China. [3] According to the Shuyuan zaji (椒园杂记) by Lu Rong (1436–1494), maweiqun was originally imported in the capital of the Ming dynasty from Joseon where people could buy them, but at that time, no one in the capital had the ability to weave them.
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