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astrakhan cloth

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as⋅tra⋅khan

[as-truh-kuhn, -kan]
–noun
1. a fur of young lambs, with lustrous, closely curled wool, from Astrakhan.
2. Also called astrakhan cloth. a fabric with curled pile resembling astrakhan fur.
Also, astrachan.


Origin:
1760–70
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