pashm

It is the pashm which is used to make pure cashmere.

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It is the ‘happy hunting-ground’ of the Anglo – Indian sportsman and tourist, the resort of artists and invalids, the home of pashm shawls and exquisitely embroidered fabrics, and the land of Lalla Rookh.

Among the Tibetans Isabella Lucy 2004

In 1880, Mrs. A.G.F. Eliot James in Indian Industries wrote, “The pashm, or shawl-wool, is a downy substance, growing next to the skin and under the thick hair of those goats found in Thibet and in the elevated lands north of the Himalayas.”

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

Thirteen years later, a British natural history magazine explained, “It is this pashm of the goat of these regions which affords the materials for the celebrated Kashmir shawls.”

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

In 1880, Mrs. A.G.F. Eliot James in Indian Industries wrote, “The pashm, or shawl-wool, is a downy substance, growing next to the skin and under the thick hair of those goats found in Thibet and in the elevated lands north of the Himalayas.”

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

Thirteen years later, a British natural history magazine explained, “It is this pashm of the goat of these regions which affords the materials for the celebrated Kashmir shawls.”

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

Amritsar carpets are made of _pashm_, the fine underwool of the Tibetan sheep, and _pashmína_ is also used as a material for _choghas_

The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894

The people export apricot oil, dried apricots, sheep's wool, heavy undyed woollens, a coarse cloth made from yaks 'hair, and pashm, the under fleece of the shawl goat.

Among the Tibetans 1867

It is the 'happy hunting-ground' of the Anglo-Indian sportsman and tourist, the resort of artists and invalids, the home of pashm shawls and exquisitely embroidered fabrics, and the land of Lalla Rookh.

Among the Tibetans 1867

This pashm is a provision which Nature makes against the intense cold of these altitudes, and grows on yaks, sheep, and dogs, as well as on most of the wild animals.

Among the Tibetans 1867