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broadtail|ˈbrɔːdteɪl|
The skin or pelt of a young Persian lamb, having a lustrous moiré appearance. Also attrib. Cf. breitschwanz.
1892H. Poland Fur-Bearing Animals in Commerce 330 Persian Lamb takes a brilliant dye... The Broadtail, or Breitschwanze, is probably..the unborn Persian Lamb; it is undoubtedly the skin about which so much..has been written, as to slaying the parent sheep for the sake of its skin. 1898Westm. Gaz. 13 Jan. 3/2 A broadtail cycling suit is the latest whim in the Bois. Ibid. 3 Nov. 3/2, I can as strongly commend black broadtail. It is a fur very easy to manipulate. 1899Ibid. 21 Sept. 3/2 The coat of black broadtail, or caracal, or Persian lamb or astrachan, all varities of a species, is prophesied as the pet garment this winter. 1927Observer 20 Nov. 21 Long waistcoats of ermine or squirrel or broad-tail. 1963Retail Trading-Standards Assoc. Bull. Aug./Sept. 3/1 The following names [for furs] may be used notwithstanding the general rule:—Animal, Lamb (Persian). Accepted Trade Name, Broadtail Persian or Persian Broadtail. |