Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Kaross \Ka*ross"\, n. [Native name.]
   A native garment or rug of skin sewed together in the form of
   a square. [South Africa]

         The wants of a native . . . are confined to a kaross
         (skin cloak) or some pieces of cotton cloth. --James
                                                  Bryce.