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Cashmere

Cash′mere

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Noun.
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A rich stuff for shawls, scarfs, etc., originally made in Cashmere from the soft wool found beneath the hair of the goats of Cashmere, Tibet, and the Himalayas.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
.

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Cashmere

Cashmere

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Cashmere

  1. Archaic spelling of Kashmir.
  2. A breed of goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) raised for its hair.
  3. A city in Washington

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Noun

cashmere (plural cashmeres)

  1. (chiefly uncountable) Fine, downy wool from beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat.
  2. (chiefly uncountable) A soft fabric made of this wool.
    a cashmere sweater

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