guard hair

guard hair

n.

Any of the long coarse hairs forming a layer that covers and protects the soft underfur of certain mammals.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

guard hair - coarse hairs that form the outer fur and protect the underfur of certain mammals fur - dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel) hair - a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells"