Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cashmere"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cashmere \Cash"mere\, n.
1. A rich stuff for shawls, scarfs, etc., originally made in
Cashmere from the soft wool found beneath the hair of the
goats of Cashmere, Thibet, and the Himalayas. Some
cashmere, of fine quality, is richly embroidered for sale
to Europeans.
2. A dress fabric made of fine wool, or of fine wool and
cotton, in imitation of the original cashmere.
{Cashmere shawl}, a rich and costly shawl made of cashmere;
-- often called {camel's-hair shawl}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cashmere
n 1: a soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goat
2: the wool of the Kashmir goat
3: an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed
between Pakistan and India [syn: {Kashmir}, {Cashmere}]
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