Astrakhan

[,æstrə'kæn] or ['æstrəkən]

(noun.) a city in southwestern Russia on the delta of the Volga River.

(noun.) the fur of young lambs.

Edited by Bonita--From WordNet

(a.) Of or pertaining to Astrakhan in Russia or its products; made of an Astrakhan skin.

(n.) The skin of stillborn or young lambs of that region, the curled wool of which resembles fur.

Editor: Verna

n. name given to lamb-skins with a curled wool obtained from Astrakhan on the Caspian Sea: a rough fabric made in imitation of it.

Inputed by Kurt

Editor: Noreen