Translation of "Filasses" in English

Là se tenait un petit garçon presque nu ; l'eau dégoulinait de ses longs cheveux filasses ; il tremblait de froid et, si on l'avait laissé plus longtemps dans la rue, il aurait certainement péri dans la tempête.

There stood a little boy, almost naked; the water trickled down from his long flaxen hair; he was shivering with cold, and had he been left much longer out in the street, he would certainly have perished in the storm.