ka·ross 
(kə-rôs, -rŏs)
(kə-rôs, -rŏs)n.
A dressed animal skin, or several skins sewed together, used in southern Africa as a cloak, rug, or blanket.
[Afrikaans karos, from obsolete Khoikhoi : possibly originally a diminutive of a Khoikhoi word for skin and containing elements corresponding to modern Nama khòő-b, skin + -rò-, diminutive suff. + -s, feminine sing. n. suff.]