shahtooshとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• shahtush, shatoosh

語源

Borrowed from Persian [Term?], meaning "king of fine wools".

名詞

shahtoosh (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 shahtooshes または shahtoosh)

1. (countable) A light but warm Kashmiri shawl made with hair from the chiru, or Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii), an endangered species.
   • 2007, Paul Theroux, “Monkey Hill”, in The Elephanta Suite, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, page 43:

     These are first-quality shatoosh. Made from chin hairs of very rare Tibetan antelope. Woven in Kashmir.

2. (uncountable) Fibre used in the making of such shawls.