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shahtoosh, n.|ʃɑːˈtuːʃ|
Also shah tus(h.
[a. Punjabi šātúš, ult. f. Pers. šāh king + Punjabi tūś, Kashmiri tósa fine shawl-stuff.]
Wool of high quality from the neck-hair of the Himalayan ibex; a material woven from this.
a1868F. H. Cooper in B. H. Powell Handbk. Econ. Products Punjab I. ii. 180/2 Plain shawls, or sadha safed chádurs of shah túsh, are known to have been purchased..from 80 to..200 rupees. 1954Kashmir Jan. 5/1 The weaving of a single shahtoosh shawl or blanket extends over a few months. 1970Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 19 July 11/4 The rare Ibex goat starts to moult and rubs its neck against the rocks leaving tufts of hair which natives collect and weave into a cloth—shahtoosh. 1974S. Marcus Minding Store (1975) xi. 231 One year we featured..robes made of shahtoosh, the rarest and most costly fabric in the world, which I had come across on my first trip to India. 1986F. Ames Kashmir Shawl iii. 61 Among wealthy Indians a pashmina or shah tus (pronounced tooch) shawl is still considered a symbol of opulence. |