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caross

caross is the alternative form of kaross.

Meaning of kaross

Noun

kaross (plural karosses)

  1. (South Africa) A treated animal-skin cloak or blanket with the hair still left on.
    • In South Africa, where the caracal abounds, its hide is made by the Kaffres into skin cloaks, known as karosses.1878, "The Caracal" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. V, p. 81

Forms of caross

pluralcarosses

Questions about caross

What is caross the alternative form of?
Caross is the alternative form of kaross.

Words near caross in the dictionary

  1. Caroona
  2. caroons
  3. Carosalesan
  4. carosella
  5. carosellas
  6. caross
  7. carosse
  8. carosses
  9. carotane
  10. caroteel
  11. caroteels

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Adapted from Wiktionary: caross (page history and authors); kaross (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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