kaross

[ kuh-ros ]

/ kəˈrɒs /

a cloak or rug of animal skins used in southern Africa.

Origin of kaross

1725–35; < Afrikaans karos, probably < Khoikhoi

karol, karoline, karoo, karoro, karoshi, kaross, karpas, karpov, karrer, karri, karri-tree

Women were there, too, watching for the signal, which was to be the waving of a kaross by a chief.

The Cape and the Kaffirs |Harriet Ward
"They take one arm out of the kaross, thereby exposing one shoulder blade to the sun" (Editors).

Balder The Beautiful, Vol. I. |Sir James George Frazer
Then I hunted about in Wambe's hut, and found a kaross to put over his poor bruised shoulders, and he was quite a man again.

Maiwa's Revenge |H. Rider Haggard
The kaross now hung down the stem, in a spread position, the transverse stick keeping it extended to its full width.

The Maroon |Mayne Reid

Their dress was a skin cloak (kaross) worn across the shoulders and a smaller one across the loins.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 |Various

kaross

/ (kəˈrɒs) /

a garment of skins worn by indigenous peoples in southern Africa

C18: from Afrikaans karos, perhaps from Dutch kuras, from French cuirasse cuirass