English

A shahtoosh (shawl)

Alternative forms

• shahtush, shatoosh

Noun

shahtoosh ‎(plural shahtoosh or shahtooshes)

1. (countable) A light but warm Kashmiri shawl made with hair from the chiru, or Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii), an endangered species.
   • 2007, Paul Theroux, "Monkey Hill", in The Elephanta Suite, McClelland and Stewart (Toronto), ISBN 9780771085215, p. 43,

     These are first-quality shatoosh. Made from chin hairs of very rare Tibetan antelope. Woven in Kashmir.

2. (uncountable) Fibre used in the making of such shawls.