shahtoosh

English

A shahtoosh (shawl)

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

shahtoosh (plural shahtooshes or shahtoosh)

(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, p. 43,
  These are first-quality shatoosh. Made from chin hairs of very rare Tibetan antelope. Woven in Kashmir.
(uncountable) Fibre used in the making of such shawls.

单词	shahtoosh
释义	shahtoosh English A shahtoosh (shawl) Alternative forms shahtush, shatoosh Etymology Borrowed from Persian [Term?], meaning "king of fine wools". Noun shahtoosh (plural shahtooshes or shahtoosh) (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, p. 43, These are first-quality shatoosh. Made from chin hairs of very rare Tibetan antelope. Woven in Kashmir. (uncountable) Fibre used in the making of such shawls.
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