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kaross

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Definitions

  1. A treated animal-skin cloak or blanket with the hair still left on.

Word origin

From Afrikaans karos, from Khoekhoe karo.s (“dried skin”).

Used in a sentence

  • In South Africa, where the caracal abounds, its hide is made by the Kaffres into skin cloaks, known as karosses.
  • The wants of a native living with his tribe and cultivating mealies or Kafir corn are confined to a kaross (skin cloak) or some pieces of cotton cloth.
  • “Our bedroom had a sweeping view of the water and clean sheets and towels had been laid out for us on a kaross of jackal pelts.”

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