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Definition of 'kaross'English
Noun
( es)
A treated animal-skin cloak with the hair still left on.
* 1996 , E Hausen, Human History at the Crossroads: Where Do We Go from Here? , Bergin Garvey/Greenwood, ISBN 0897894839:
- “For the first two years, of life a baby was carried in a carrier, lined with absorbent grass, inside her kaross , (a treated animal skin made into a cape…)”
A blanket of treated animal-skin with the hair left on.
* 1992 , Mark Owens, Delia Cwens, Mark Cwens, Cordelia Dykes Owens, Cry of the Kalahari , Houghton Mifflin Books, ISBN 0395647800:
- “Our bedroom had a sweeping view of the water and clean sheets and towels had been laid out for us on a kaross of jackal pelts.”
South African English
Similar to 'kaross'karass, kauris, kouros, kirks, kairos, kores, kurus, keris, krees, ksars, kriyas, keyers, koras, krewes, karas, krais, karahis, karoos, kyries, kerrias, karroos, kiers, keirs, kieries, kheers, keros
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