kaross

[ kuh-ros ]

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

Origin of kaross

1
1725–35; <Afrikaans karos, probably <Khoikhoi

Words Nearby kaross

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How to use kaross in a sentence

  • 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.

    The Wizard | H. Rider Haggard
  • Now, too, I remarked that the blanket and brown coverlid had almost superseded the kaross.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.

British Dictionary definitions for kaross

kaross

/ (kəˈrɒs) /


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

Origin of kaross

1
C18: from Afrikaans karos, perhaps from Dutch kuras, from French cuirasse cuirass

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