Meanings
nounshahtoosh (countable and uncountable, plural shahtooshes or shahtoosh)
plural shahtooshes · alternative shahtush · alternative shatoosh
- countableA light but warm Kashmiri shawl made with hair from the chiru, or Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii), an endangered species.
These are first-quality shatoosh. Made from chin hairs of very rare Tibetan antelope. Woven in Kashmir.
2007, Paul Theroux, “Monkey Hill”, in The Elephanta Suite, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, page 43 - uncountableFibre used in the making of such shawls.
Origin
- Persian[Term?]
- Englishshahtoosh
Borrowed from Persian [Term?], meaning "king of fine wools".
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