hairshirt

Meaning of hairshirt

cilice.

(From Latin. cilicĭum).

1. m. Girdle of bristles or iron chains with points, tight to the body next to the flesh, that some people use for mortification.

2. m. A sack or rough garment that was formerly used for penitence.

3. m. Mil. centon (‖ blanket used to cover military machines).

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Hyphenation of hairshirt

hair-shirt

It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
hairshirt is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Translation of hairshirt

French: cilice
Spanish: cilicio
Italian: cilicio
Portuguese: cilício

Words that rhyme with hairshirt

chirt, Blackshirt, Brownshirt, LifeShirt, blackshirt, bodyshirt, brownshirt, demishirt, nightshirt, overshirt, redshirt, shirt, sweatshirt, undershirt, thirt

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