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luxury grown on goats too stubborn to know they're expensive
means A soft, fine wool made from the downy undercoat of certain goats, prized for its warmth and lightness in scarves, sweaters, and other premium garments.
from Named after Kashmir, the Himalayan region where the goats were raised and the fine shawls famously woven; English picked up the word in the early 19th century via this older spelling of the place name. The wool itself comes from the soft underdown the goats grow against mountain cold — a fiber humans simply borrow.
- origin
- combed from a goat's soft undercoat, not sheared
- yield
- one goat gives barely enough for a scarf
- warmth
- three times warmer than ordinary sheep wool
- namesake
- named for Kashmir, where the trade flourished
- fineness
- fibers thinner than a human hair
kashmir region — disputed territory between india and pakistan since 1947, claimed by both nations
cashmere goat — breed native to himalayan regions of kashmir, produces fine wool fiber
james cashmere mills — historic textile manufacturer in paisley, scotland, established 1850s