cashmere
/kæʒˈmiɹ/ noun B2- Fine, downy wool from beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat.
- A soft fabric made of this wool. · a cashmere sweater
- A rich kind of shawl made from this wool.
- Any similar shawl.
Plural cashmeres
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This time it was a great matter that was under discussion, connected with a vessel laden with Turkey carpets, stuffs of the Levant, and cashmeres.
So saying, Haydée arose, and wrapping herself in her burnouse of white cashmere embroidered with pearls and coral, she hastily quitted the box at the moment when the curtain was rising upon the fourth act.
There were caskets of diamonds, cashmere shawls, Valenciennes lace, English veils, and in fact all the tempting things, the bare mention of which makes the hearts of young girls bound with joy, and which is called the corbeille.
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