Astrakhan Definition

ăstrə-kăn, -kən
noun
A fabric with a curly looped pile, made to resemble karakul.
American Heritage
A loosely curled fur, a kind of karakul, made from the pelt of very young lambs originally bred near Astrakhan.
Webster's New World
A wool fabric with a pile cut and curled to look like this.
Webster's New World
The definition of astrakhan is the curly wavy fur of a lamb from the area around a city in Russia called Astrakhan.
Black or gray lamb fur from a Russian city in the Volga River Delta is an example of Astrakhan.
YourDictionary

Closely-curled black or grey fleece of very young karakul lambs from Astrakhan.

Wiktionary
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pronoun

A city in Russia, located on the Volga River.

Wiktionary
(archaic) Astrakhan fleece.
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Other Word Forms of Astrakhan

Noun

Singular:
astrakhan
Plural:
astrakhans

Origin of Astrakhan

  • Named from the Central-Asian city and oblast Astrakhan.

    From Wiktionary

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