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‖ pashm|ˈpæʃ(ə)m|
[Pers. pashm wool, down.]
The under-fur of hairy quadrupeds in the elevated lands north of the Himalayas, esp. that of the goat, which is the material of Cashmere shawls. So ‖ pashmina |pæʃˈmiːnə| [Pers. pashmīn adj., woollen].
1880Mrs. A. G. F. E. James Indian Industries xxxi. 364 The pashm, or shawl-wool, is a downy substance, growing next to the skin and under the thick hair of those goats found in Thibet and in the elevated lands north of the Himalayas. 1885Balfour Cycl. India III. 154 Pashm and pashmina are specially applied to the fine shawl-wool of Turfan and Changthan. 1893R. Nat. Hist. (ed. Lydekker) I. 7 This under-fur is greatly developed in Mammals of all groups inhabiting Tibet, where it is locally known as ‘pashm’; and it is this pashm of the goat of these regions which affords the materials for the celebrated Kashmir shawls. |