kaross

How to use kaross in a sentence

• In South Africa, where the caracal abounds, its hide is made by the Zulus into skin-cloaks, known as karosses.

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 | Various

• Then she lay down upon a pile of beautiful karosses that had been placed ready for her, and rested.

  The Ghost Kings | H. Rider Haggard

• They rolled themselves up in their karosses, and lay down upon the earth.

  The Bush Boys | Captain Mayne Reid

• It is a native of South Africa; and its skin is prized among the Kaffirs, for making their fur cloaks or karosses.

  Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found | Mayne Reid

• Above the waist they wore nothing, unless in very cold weather, when they also wrapped themselves up in karosses.

  Basutoland | Minnie Martin