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  Karakul

  noun

  one of an Asian breed of sheep having curly fleece that is black in the young and brown or gray in the adult: raised especially for lambskins used in the fur industry.
• karakul
  karakul

  noun

  a breed of sheep of central Asia having coarse black, grey, or brown hair: the lambs have soft curled usually black hair

Karakul

American  

[kar-uh-kuhl] / ˈkær ə kəl /

Or caracul

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

1. one of an Asian breed of sheep having curly fleece that is black in the young and brown or gray in the adult: raised especially for lambskins used in the fur industry.

2. (sometimes lowercase) a Karakul lambskin.

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karakul British  

/ ˈkærəkəl /

noun

1. a breed of sheep of central Asia having coarse black, grey, or brown hair: the lambs have soft curled usually black hair

2. the fur prepared from these lambs

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Etymology

Origin of Karakul

First recorded in 1850–55; after Kara Kul lake on the Pamir plateau, Tajikistan, near where the sheep were bred

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Example Sentences

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When we reached a pasture between snow-capped mountains and saw Karakul Lake glittering in the distance, we got off.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 15, 2018

“You talk about third world countries? We’re not that far behind here, with the circumstances that people have to live in,” said Mr. Karakul, a former lawyer.

From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2016

There are also sizable deposits of copper, lead and uranium, while the huge herds of Karakul sheep are prized for Persian lamb coats.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was a big picture of a bearded man in a woolen Karakul hat on the cover.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

You know, the one in the dashing striped cape and karakul hat who was once dubbed  by Tom Ford the “most chic man in the world.”

From Time ● Jun. 27, 2011

Wearing a jaunty karakul cap, a trimly tailored frock coat and a 500-watt smile, the camel driver accepted the onslaught of press and public with the nonchalance of a Mogul prince.

From Time Magazine Archive

Or next year's newest fur, Bukhara karakul with a quilted lining?

From Time Magazine Archive

Tribesmen who had lugged a season's karakul skins into market bet their season's earnings on horse races and ram fights.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Twice Lost by C.J. Stanilard

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