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 man wears a black astrachan conical cap and his hair is long and bushy, from rubbing bear grease into it.

From Woman as Decoration by Burbank, Emily

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)

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

Already a red astrachan tree invited us on every trip to the brook, and other old 259 trees were bearing fast reddening fruit.

From The Idyl of Twin Fires by Eaton, Walter Prichard

Then he left, in a good deal of astrachan collar and nickel-plated limousine, and the place felt less crowded.

From A Diversity of Creatures by Kipling, Rudyard