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Pronunciation: [kˈaɹɒs] (IPA)

Kaross is a traditional African cloak made from animal hides and furs. Synonyms for the word kaross include berg cape, pilthrows, blanket cape, and fur cloak. The term berg cape is commonly used in South Africa to refer to a kaross made from animal skins such as leopard or lion. Pilthrows and blanket capes are often used to describe a kaross made from wool or fleece, while a fur cloak is simply a synonym for any type of kaross made from animal furs. Regardless of the type of kaross, they have been an important part of African culture for centuries and are often used for ceremonial and ceremonial purposes.
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Each competitor lay on a feather-bed, which was covered with a Kaross, and rested his rifle on a pile of pillows.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
Their clothing consists of a few sheepskins, which hang about their bodies, and thus form the mantle or covering, commonly called a Kaross.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham
He was not there, however, and the rock itself was covered by the flood, which reached half-way up the krantz, but it was evident he had been there, for from a cave in the rock, just above the lap of the waters, there issued a thin line of smoke, and on climbing along a ledge I saw signs of his occupation in a skin Kaross, a dark lantern, a gun, and a few well-known traps which he always carried with him when after kablejauw, the great hundred pounders which come up as far as this point in the spring tides.
"Tales from the Veld"
Ernest Glanville

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