(kind of astrakhan fur)

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• astrakhan — [as′trə kən] n. 1. a loosely curled fur, a kind of karakul, made from the pelt of very young lambs originally bred near Astrakhan 2. a wool fabric with a pile cut and curled to look like this …   English World dictionary

• astrakhan — /ˈæstrəkæn/ (say astruhkan), /æstrəˈkæn/ (say astruh kan) noun 1. a kind of fur of young lambs, with lustrous, closely curled wool. 2. Also, astrakhan cloth. a fabric with curled pile resembling it. {from Astrakhan, a city in SE Russia} …  

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