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pashmina, n. and a.
Brit. |paʃˈmiːnə|, U.S. |pɑʃˈminə|
Forms: 18 pushmeena, 18– pashmina, 18– poshmina, 19– paschmina, 19– pashmeena, 19– pasmina
[‹ Urdu pašmīna and its etymon Persian pašmīna (noun) woollen cloth, (later) woollen garment, shawl, (adjective) woollen, downy > n. + -īna, suffix forming nouns and adjectives.
The Urdu and Persian terms can be used for cloth or shawls made from the fine wool of both sheep and goats; in English usage the term is chiefly limited to those from the goat.]
A. n.
1. A superior type of cashmere fabric made from pashm (or a blend of pashm and silk) and usually woven in South Asia. Also (occas.): the soft goat's hair from which this fabric is made; = pashm n.
1850Times 21 Jan. 5/2 He has invented a mode of..making the weavers manufacture, without pay, the pushmeena he is enabled to collect on his own account. 1872B. H. Baden-Powell Hand-bk. Manuf. & Arts Punjab II. 33 Pashmína in its natural state..is white. 1911Encycl. Brit. 814/2 Embroidered shawls..in which over a ground of plain pashmina is worked by needle a minute and elaborate pattern. 1953R. Godden Kingfishers catch Fire v. 63 The shawl was woven in paschmina taffeta twist, of the softest goat-tip wool. 2002P. Clabburn Shawls 6 The goat sheds its wool fleece, known as pashmina, at the beginning of summer.
2. A garment, esp. a shawl, made from pashmina.
In quot. 1877 perh. referring to pieces of pashmina, not necessarily made up as shawls.
1877H. C. Marsh Ride through Islam 195 Syads..are intrusted with valuable goods, such as silk and Pushmeenas. 1989N.Y. Times 15 Jan. v. 10/3 Here are woolen shawls for less than $5, or more than $75 if you like the softest shawls known as pashminas. 1997Daily Tel. (Electronic ed.) 10 Oct. Embroidered ‘pashminas’—luxury cashmere shawls—..displayed a new sensuality. 1999Guardian 10 Oct. (Weekend Suppl.) 81 (advt.) The finest hand woven pashminas... Large Shawl... Extra Large Shawl... Scarves. 2000I. Edward-Jones My Canapé Hell (2001) i. 12 ‘Who's going to be fired?’ announces Wendy, throwing one half of her fuchsia pashmina over her shoulder.
B. adj. Made from pashmina.
1865Times 6 Nov. 15/1 (advt.) The poshmina cloth coat. 1879Globe Encycl. V. 596 Those [shawls] wherein the foundation of plain pashmina cloth is alone loom-woven. 1908Imperial Gazetteer India (new ed.) XV. 305 A colony of Kashmīrī weavers who weave pashmīna shawls. 1930O. Lattimore High Tartary 343 The underwool of goats is also exported from Turkestan to kashmir, where it is mixed with similar wool from Ladakh to make the very fine, soft pashmina tweeds. 1995Vogue Dec. 58/1 If I go into a shop to buy a pashmina shawl for my mother, for example, they won't let me pay—and these are expensive things. |