astrachan

American  

[as-truh-kuhn, -kan] / ˈæs trə kən, -ˌkæn /

noun

1. astrakhan.

2. (initial capital letter) a tart, usually red or yellow variety of apple.

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Example Sentences

The so-called caracul lambs, size 12 � 6 in., are the very young of the astrachan sheep, and the pick of them are almost as effective as broadtails, although less fine in the texture.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

During the whole time the lady in the dingy astrachan keeps up a running fire of chaff, which materially assists us.

From The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 by Various

The American marveled at a recently immigrated Slav's astrachan cap.

From The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life by Lewis, Sinclair

It was all dressed in white, with a white astrachan hood with goats' hair fringe, and it looked just like a little poodle.

From Daisy the autobiography of a cat by Swan, Miranda Eliot

Beneath the hood of the carriage sat an aged man wrapped up to the throat in a wolfskin bunda, and with a large astrachan cap on his head drawn down over his eyes.

From A Hungarian Nabob by Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet)