NOUN
- hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur
How To Use karakul In A Sentence
- These programmes are intended to boost the knowledge of communal farmers and increase the quality and quantity of karakul production.
- The reason is not our minks, which are inferior to the Americans ', or lynx, which are too few, or karakul, which, after all, is sheepskin; the reason is Soviet sable. Gorky Park
- A fur called broadtail, for example, is the skin of fetal or newborn karakul lambs who have been beaten to death. Cornelia Guest: Why I Don't Wear Fur
- In a few days, the curls will unfurl and get rough, turning the precious karakul pelt into cheep sheepskin.
- After his early dalliance as the dapper darling of the international community, in his karakul cap and cape stylishly draped over a statesman's grey flannel suit, Karzai proved his skill as an Afghan trader. Christopher Mailander: Karzai's Next Feat
- Agriculture: largely subsistence farming and nomadic animal husbandry; cash products - wheat, fruits, nuts, karakul pelts, wool, mutton The 1994 CIA World Factbook
- Astrakhan is produced in Uzbekistan from the karakul lamb.
- Coastal Bermuda covered the field in front of the house and a herd of karakul sheep kept the grass under control. Clean Kill
- As the report reminds us, ‘carpets are the country's third largest export after dried fruit and karakul, the lambskin used to make hats such as the one commonly worn by President Hamed Karzai.’
- According to the fur industry this foetal karakul lamb fur is from lambs that are prematurely born.
