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shahtooshes

shahtooshes is the plural of shahtoosh.

Meaning of shahtoosh

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.
    • These are first-quality shatoosh. Made from chin hairs of very rare Tibetan antelope. Woven in Kashmir.2007, Paul Theroux, “Monkey Hill”, in The Elephanta Suite, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, page 43
  2. (uncountable) Fibre used in the making of such shawls.

Questions about shahtooshes

What is shahtooshes the plural of?
Shahtooshes is the plural of shahtoosh.

Words near shahtooshes in the dictionary

  1. Shahryar
  2. shahs
  3. Shahsevan
  4. Shahsevani
  5. shahtoosh
  6. shahtooshes
  7. shahtoot
  8. shahtoots
  9. shahtush
  10. shahy
  11. Shahzad

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