broadtail

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broad⋅tail

[brawd-teyl]

–noun

the wavy, moirélike fur or pelt of a young or stillborn Karakul lamb. Compare Karakul (def. 1), Persian lamb (def. 2).

Origin:
1890–95; broad + tail ¹

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broad·tail (brôd'tāl')

See karakul.
The black pelt of a prematurely born karakul sheep, having a flat surface with wavy markings.

kar·a·kul also car·a·cul (kār'ə-kəl)

n. In both senses also called broadtail.

Any of a breed of Central Asian sheep having a wide tail and wool that is curled and glossy in the young but wiry and coarse in the adult.
Fur made from the pelt of a karakul lamb.

[After Karakul, a lake of eastern Tajikistan.]

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