资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cashmere \Cash"mere\, n.
   1. A rich stuff for shawls, scarfs, etc., originally made in
      Cashmere from the soft wool found beneath the hair of the
      goats of Cashmere, Thibet, and the Himalayas. Some
      cashmere, of fine quality, is richly embroidered for sale
      to Europeans.

   2. A dress fabric made of fine wool, or of fine wool and
      cotton, in imitation of the original cashmere.

   {Cashmere shawl}, a rich and costly shawl made of cashmere;
      -- often called {camel's-hair shawl}.