English Explanatory Dictionary

shahtoosh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A light but warm Kashmiri shawl made with hair from the chiru, or Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii), an endangered species.
  2. Fibre used in the making of such shawls.

Word forms

shahtoosh shahtooshes shahtush shatoosh

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian [Term?], meaning "king of fine wools".

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