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.
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pronoun
(archaic) Astrakhan fleece.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Astrakhan
Noun
Singular:
astrakhan
Plural:
astrakhansOrigin of Astrakhan
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Named from the Central-Asian city and oblast Astrakhan.
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