cashmere

3 definitions found

cashmere - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cashmere \Cash"mere\, n.
     1. A rich stuff for shawls, scarfs, etc., originally made in
        Cashmere from the soft wool found beneath the hair of the
        goats of Cashmere, Tibet, and the Himalayas. Some
        cashmere, of fine quality, is richly embroidered for sale
        to Europeans.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A dress fabric made of fine wool, or of fine wool and
        cotton, in imitation of the original cashmere.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Cashmere shawl, a rich and costly shawl made of cashmere;
        -- often called camel's-hair shawl.
        [1913 Webster]

cashmere - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cashmere
      n 1: a soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goat
      2: the wool of the Kashmir goat
      3: an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed
         between Pakistan and India [syn: Kashmir, Cashmere,
         Jammu and Kashmir]

cashmere - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Cashmere, WA (city, FIPS 10495)
    Location: 47.51837 N, 120.46761 W
    Population (1990): 2544 (1057 housing units)
    Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 98815