Pashmina Cashmere Directory

Cashmere Definition

Cashmere as per Britannica Encyclopædia is an animal-hair fibre forming the downy undercoat of the Kashmir goat and belonging to the group of textile fibres called specialty hair fibres. Although the word cashmere is sometimes incorrectly applied to extremely soft wools, only the product of the Kashmir goat is true cashmere. The fibre is known as pashm or pashmina in some parts of Asia.

Cashmere Definition according to Dictionary.com :

1. a soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goat ; the wool of the Kashmir goat .

2. Fine, downy wool growing beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat; A soft fabric made of this wool or of similar fibers.

3. A rich stuff for shawls, scarfs, etc., originally made in Cashmere from the soft wool found beneath the hair of the goats of Cashmere, Thibet, and the Himalayas. Some cashmere, of fine quality, is richly embroidered for sale to Europeans.

4. A dress fabric made of fine wool, or of fine wool and cotton, in imitation of the original cashmere.

5. Cashmere shawl, a rich and costly shawl made of cashmere; -- often called camel's hair shawl.