"kaross" meaning in English

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          "text": "Our bedroom had a sweeping view of the water and clean sheets and towels had been laid out for us on a kaross of jackal pelts.",
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          "ref": "1996, E Hausen, Human History at the Crossroads: Where Do We Go from Here?",
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