underwool

Pronounced kiv-ee-ute, qiviut is an Inuit word for down or underwool.

Yearn Worthy Yarn: Qiviut 2008

You can also buy finely-knit scarves, sweaters, mitts and toques made from qiviut, the soft underwool of muskox.

Tourist Souvenirs Draw On Sexual Energy Christopher 2007

You can also buy finely-knit scarves, sweaters, mitts and toques made from qiviut, the soft underwool of muskox.

Archive 2007-10-01 Christopher 2007

The fur is coarse, spiny, and slippery, and has no underwool.

15 Agouti 1991

Though much of the warm, dense, amazingly silky-soft underwool had been shed earlier in the summer, the next year's growth had already started, and was lighter in color than the fluffy, though coarser, wind-breaking overlayer, and gave it depth and highlights.

The Plains of Passage Auel, Jean M. 1990

Though their underwool was shed in summer, musk-oxen became stressed if the weather turned too warm.

The Plains of Passage Auel, Jean M. 1990

She also noticed headbands and belts, and across the shoulders of the girl, a cape with fascinating designs that were worked into a material which appeared to have been constructed out of strands of the underwool shed by the passing woolly beasts.

The Mammoth Hunters Auel, Jean M. 1985

As chance provided, the white wool of mouflon which was shed naturally by the wild sheep in spring, the unbelievably soft earthy-brown downy wool of musk-ox, and the lighter red rhinoceros underwool were also gathered with great enthusiasm.

The Mammoth Hunters Auel, Jean M. 1985

A sighting of the enormous, unpredictable rhinos, with two horns, the front one long and low-slung, and two coats of reddish fur, a soft downy underwool and an outer layer of long guard hair, always brought exclamations of wonder.

The Mammoth Hunters Auel, Jean M. 1985

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