19 November 2020

Word of the Day: Hair Shirt

HAIR SHIRT. A garment woven of goat's hair or other coarse cloth, worn next to the skin as a matter of custom or voluntary mortification. It varies in shape and size. In some religious orders it was prescribed by rule.

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