shahtoosh


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
shahtoosh /ʃɑːˈtuːʃ/
noun high-quality fabric made from the wool of the chiru, an endangered Tibetan antelope.

■ a shawl made from this fabric.

– origin C19: via Punjabi from Pers. šāh ‘king’ + Kashmiri tośa ‘fine shawl material’.
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