Karakul

Word KARAKUL
Character 7
Hyphenation ‖Ka ra kul
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Karakul"

What do we mean by karakul?

Any of a breed of Central Asian sheep having a wide tail and wool that is curled, glossy, and usually black in the young but brownish or grayish in adults. noun

The pelt of a newborn or sometimes fetal karakul lamb, used for clothing. noun

Wool from a karakul sheep, used for carpet yarn and felting. noun

A type of Astrakhan, esp. in fine grades, obtained from the Karakul sheep. See sense 2 and cf. caracul. proper noun

A hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia, bearing a soft curly fleece that is black in the young lambs, but which grows brown or gray when adult; the lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur. proper noun

A large lake in the Pamirs of Central Asia, lying 13,200 feet above sea level. proper noun

A Central Asian breed of sheep. noun

A kind of hat. noun

Hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur noun

A sheep of a Central Asian breed.

A type of hat made from the wool of these sheep.

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The word "karakul" in example sentences

A fur called broadtail, for example, is the skin of fetal or newborn karakul lambs who have been beaten to death. ❋ Cornelia Guest (2011)

After his early dalliance as the dapper darling of the international community, in his karakul cap and cape stylishly draped over a statesman's grey flannel suit, Karzai proved his skill as an Afghan trader. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Coastal Bermuda covered the field in front of the house and a herd of karakul sheep kept the grass under control. ❋ Alexander, Al (2000)

Help would be given with emergency grazing, communal farmers would get financial help to buy fodder and subsidies would be provided to karakul farmers. ❋ Unknown (1996)

Namibia's Swakara karakul pelt prices increased by a record 70 percent at an auction in Copenhagen, Denmark on Tuesday. ❋ Unknown (1996)

Beside the blue van stood a smiling man in the ubiquitous white pajamas, with a cap of curly black karakul - the fur from a newborn lamb, she happened to know - upon his head. ❋ Delamere, Wanda (1982)

The reason is not our minks, which are inferior to the Americans ', or lynx, which are too few, or karakul, which, after all, is sheepskin; the reason is Soviet sable. ❋ Smith, Martin Cruz, 1942- (1981)

Agriculture: largely subsistence farming and nomadic animal husbandry; cash products - wheat, fruits, nuts, karakul pelts, wool, mutton ❋ United States. Central Intelligence Agency (N/A)

By dint of cross-questioning Pullingo, we learned from him that the karakul was, as we suspected, a sorcerer -- a being with unlimited power over the lives of all who offend him. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

He hesitated, and finally declared that he could not venture in the direction where the karakul had appeared. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

The effect produced on him upon seeing the figure was far greater than I had expected: the moment his eyes fell on it he began trembling all over; and shouting out at the top of his voice, "Karakul! karakul!" he bolted off towards the camp. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

Naggernook and his attendants had been watching our proceedings, and when they saw that we were advancing in the direction of the mound they bolted off, crying out, "Karakul! karakul!" ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

Burton and one of the men relieved Mudge and me; but though they kept a look-out for the karakul, the magician did not think fit to return to his post: possibly the gleam of the fire on their muskets as they walked round the camp may have shown him that the experiment would be dangerous. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

At the precise moment that a certain star appears in the heavens the dead man comes forth, summoned by these incantations, and introduces within the skin of the karakul, without causing him more pain or inconvenience than does the bite of an ant, a minute bone taken from his own skeleton. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

If after the application of these remedies the patient does not get better, the karakul declares that it is his own fault, and washes his hands of it. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

Mr. Karzai's affection for the karakul hat is so strong that, if the hatters 'accounts are to be believed, he has purchased dozens of them since taking office. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Known as a karakul hat, and made of the pelt of fetal or newborn lambs of the karakul breed of sheep, traditionally it was something worn by Tajiks and Uzbeks from northern Afghanistan. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"I went back to my village in Logar wearing my karakul hat," said Ahmed, an Afghan in his ❋ Unknown (2010)

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