CASHMERES

Noun

cashmeres

plural of cashmere

Anagrams

• Marcheses, marcheses

Source: Wiktionary


CASHMERE

Cash"mere, n.

1. A rich stuff for shawls, acaris, etc., originally made in Cashmere from the soft wool found beneath the hair of the goats of Cashmere, Thibet, and the Himalayas.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; -- other called camel's-hair shawl.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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