astrakhan

The definition of astrakhan is the curly wavy fur of a lamb from the area around a city in Russia called Astrakhan.

(noun)

Black or gray lamb fur from a Russian city in the Volga River Delta is an example of Astrakhan.

See astrakhan in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a loosely curled fur, a kind of karakul, made from the pelt of very young lambs originally bred near Astrakhan
a wool fabric with a pile cut and curled to look like this

city & port in SW Russia, on the Volga River delta near the Caspian Sea: pop. 512,000

See astrakhan in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also as·tra·chan

noun

A city of southwest Russia on the Volga River delta. The Tartar city was conquered by Ivan the Terrible in 1556. Population: 501,000.

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