cashmere goat
noun
: an Indian goat raised especially for its undercoat of fine soft wool that constitutes the cashmere wool of commerce
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Cheaper sweaters are made from short, coarse cashmere goat hair that feels soft initially but pills almost immediately.
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Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2022
This part of the county is acres of sorghum crops, a cashmere goat farm and smaller homesteads on the way to Duley Station Road, where the rest of the 30-head herd lives.
—Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2021
Sourced from the undercoats of the cashmere goat, the fleece produces a yarn that’s three times more insulating than that of a sheep.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2021
Madewell's Sustainable Sweaters Are 30 Percent Off (with code VERYMERRY): The demand for cheap cashmere has put an unsustainable demand on cashmere goat farmers.
—Adrienne So, Wired, 28 Nov. 2020
Cashmere yarn comes from cashmere goats that are not harmed in the process.
—Jean Chen Smith, Cincinnati.com, 18 Dec. 2019
The film sets its sights on the Altai and Helan Mountains, where Capra hircus cashmere goats and their devoted herders weather some of the most extreme temperatures on earth.
—Vogue, 31 Oct. 2019
Herds of cashmere goats, whose hair is used to produce the soft fabric, have grown sharply since the turn of the century in China and Mongolia, which supply 90% of the world’s cashmere.
—Matthew Dalton, WSJ, 13 May 2019
Scientists around the world are editing the genes of livestock to create meatier pigs, cashmere goats with longer hair and cold-weather cows that can thrive in the tropics.
—Lucy Craymer, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2018
Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2022
This part of the county is acres of sorghum crops, a cashmere goat farm and smaller homesteads on the way to Duley Station Road, where the rest of the 30-head herd lives.
—Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2021
Sourced from the undercoats of the cashmere goat, the fleece produces a yarn that’s three times more insulating than that of a sheep.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2021
Madewell's Sustainable Sweaters Are 30 Percent Off (with code VERYMERRY): The demand for cheap cashmere has put an unsustainable demand on cashmere goat farmers.
—Adrienne So, Wired, 28 Nov. 2020
Cashmere yarn comes from cashmere goats that are not harmed in the process.
—Jean Chen Smith, Cincinnati.com, 18 Dec. 2019
The film sets its sights on the Altai and Helan Mountains, where Capra hircus cashmere goats and their devoted herders weather some of the most extreme temperatures on earth.
—Vogue, 31 Oct. 2019
Herds of cashmere goats, whose hair is used to produce the soft fabric, have grown sharply since the turn of the century in China and Mongolia, which supply 90% of the world’s cashmere.
—Matthew Dalton, WSJ, 13 May 2019
Scientists around the world are editing the genes of livestock to create meatier pigs, cashmere goats with longer hair and cold-weather cows that can thrive in the tropics.
—Lucy Craymer, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2018
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