Pashmina
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pashmina is a noun meaning A Cashmere; a goat native to Kashmir.
Meaning
A Cashmere; a goat native to Kashmir.
More Meanings
- The fine wool that grows under the hair of this goat; cashmere.
- A soft fabric made from this wool; (in particular) a shawl made from this fabric.
Example Sentences
Pashmina was invented more than four hundred years ago when Nur Jaban, wife of the Emperor Jehangir, asked her weavers to present a woolen fabric that was "as light as a cloud but as warm as a tender embrace."
However, Leh's most important product is the soft underwool of sheep and goats, most of which are tended by nomads, men who roam about the uplands with their herds. It is this fine, soft wool which is used to make the famous pashmina shawls of Kashmir.
Word Forms
- pashminas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cashmere, pishkash, peshkash, peshcash, peskash, shahtoosh.
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