shahtoosh

English
A shahtoosh (shawl)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian [Term?], meaning "king of fine wools".

Noun

shahtoosh (countable and uncountable, plural shahtooshes or shahtoosh)

  1. (countable) A light but warm Kashmiri shawl made with hair from the chiru, or Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii), an endangered species.
    • 2007, Paul Theroux, “Monkey Hill”, in The Elephanta Suite, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, page 43:
      These are first-quality shatoosh. Made from chin hairs of very rare Tibetan antelope. Woven in Kashmir.
  2. (uncountable) Fibre used in the making of such shawls.
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