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.

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

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

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

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.

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

A Central Asian breed of sheep.

A kind of hat.

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