Shahtoosh
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Noun



  1. A light but warm Kashmiri shawl made with hair from the chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii), an endangered species of Tibetan antelope.
    • 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. Fibre used in the making of such shawls.
 
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