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Karakul
[kar-uh-kuhl]
noun
one of an Asian breed of sheep having curly fleece that is black in the young and brown or gray in the adult: raised especially for lambskins used in the fur industry.
(sometimes lowercase)a Karakul lambskin.
karakul
/ ˈæəə /
noun
a breed of sheep of central Asia having coarse black, grey, or brown hair: the lambs have soft curled usually black hair
the fur prepared from these lambs
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Karakul1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Karakul1
Example Sentences
There was a big picture of a bearded man in a woolen Karakul hat on the cover.
In their place are elderly, ultra-Orthodox Jews wearing black overcoats and fedoras; south and central Asians with traditional karakul hats; and gaggles of merchants shouting in languages from across the world.
Most fur-bearing animals have never been domesticated, which makes raising a fox for the trim of a parka inherently crueler than aborting a karakul lamb for a wool cap, animal rights activists say.
When we reached a pasture between snow-capped mountains and saw Karakul Lake glittering in the distance, we got off.
“I am not a government supporter,” said Yadagar Karakul, a 30-year-old event coordinator.
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