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Kar·a·kul
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ˈkær
ə
kəl
/
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noun
(
sometimes lowercase
)
1.
one of an Asian breed of sheep having curly fleece that is black in the young and brown or gray in the adult: raised especially for lambskins used in the fur industry.
Compare
broadtail
,
Persian lamb
.
2.
(
sometimes lowercase
)
a Karakul lambskin.
Also,
caracul.
Origin:
1850–55;
after
Kara Kul
lake on the Pamir plateau, Tajikistan, near where the sheep were bred
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karakul
or
caracul
(ˈkærək
ə
l)
—
n
1.
a breed of sheep of central Asia having coarse black, grey, or brown hair: the lambs have soft curled usually black hair
2.
the fur prepared from these lambs
[C19: from Russian, from the name of a region in Bukhara where the sheep originated]
caracul
or
caracul
—
n
[C19: from Russian, from the name of a region in Bukhara where the sheep originated]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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