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kaross
[ kuh-ros ]
noun
- a cloak or rug of animal skins used in southern Africa.
kaross
/ kəˈrɒs /
noun
- a garment of skins worn by indigenous peoples in southern Africa
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Example Sentences
He would bring his blanket from the wagon, and would not trouble Swartboy by requiring part of the latter's kaross.
He wore a kaross of leopard skins, and on his wrists and ankles were rings of ivory, the royal ornaments.
Now, too, I remarked that the blanket and brown coverlid had almost superseded the kaross.
On the second day of the expedition, the body of a Chief, in a tiger-skin kaross, was dug up (Note 1).
A kaross or skin blanket was thrown over the back of almost every chair and covered the one settee.
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