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kaross

[ kuh-ros ]

noun

  1. a cloak or rug of animal skins used in southern Africa.


kaross

/ kəˈrɒs /

noun

  1. a garment of skins worn by indigenous peoples in southern Africa


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Word History and Origins

Origin of kaross1

1725–35; < Afrikaans karos, probably < Khoikhoi

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Word History and Origins

Origin of kaross1

C18: from Afrikaans karos, perhaps from Dutch kuras, from French cuirasse cuirass

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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Now, too, I remarked that the blanket and brown coverlid had almost superseded the kaross.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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