pashmn.
/ˈpaʃ(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈpɑʃ(ə)m/ The soft underfur of Tibetan goats (of which cashmere represents a particularly fine type), often used as a material for garments, esp. shawls. Cf. pashmina n.With quot. 1931 cf. etymological note s.v. pashmina n.
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1843 in A. Lamb Britain & Chinese Central Asia (1960) 70 In conformity with ancient usage, Tea and Pushm shall be transmitted by the Ladakh road.
1862 Rep. Trade & Resources Brit. India 35 In 1840 the value of pashm imported was valued by Cunningham at about Rs. 90,000.
1880 Mrs. A. G. F. E. James Indian Industries xxxi. 364 The pashm, or shawl-wool, is a downy substance, growing next to the skin and under the thick hair of those goats found in Thibet and in the elevated lands north of the Himalayas.
1893 Rev. Nat. Hist. 1 7 This under-fur is greatly developed in Mammals of all groups inhabiting Tibet, where it is locally known as ‘pashm’; and it is this pashm of the goat of these regions which affords the materials for the celebrated Kashmir shawls.
1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets viii. 193 The fleece of lambs, known as Pashm.
1986 B. Lopez Arctic Dreams ii. 57 This inelastic underfur, eight times warmer than sheep wool by weight, is as soft as the pashm of Kashmir goats or the wool of the vicuña.
2002 Austral. Mag. (Nexis) 27 Aug. 9 Women spin by hand the finest pashm—wool from the thick coats of Himalayan goats—into a gossamer thread.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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