in S Africa, a cape, blanket, or rug made of animal skins
Origin of kaross
Afrikaans karoskaross
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kaross
noun
A dressed animal skin, or several skins sewed together, used in southern Africa as a cloak, rug, or blanket.
Origin of kaross
Afrikaans karos from obsolete Khoikhoi possibly originally a diminutive of a Khoikhoi word for skin and containing elements corresponding to modern Nama khòő-b skin -rò- diminutive suff. -s feminine sing. n. suffTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural karosses)
- A treated animal-skin cloak with the hair still left on.
- A blanket of treated animal-skin with the hair left on.
Origin
From Khoisan (k)caros: a skin blanket, through Afrikaans. (Disputed see talk page.)
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