2. (noun) a dark dogskin cloak.
Ngā taonga i horahia atu ki a Te Paranihi e Te Kooti he ihupuni, he patu parāoa (KO 16/2/1885:2). / The gifts presented to the Honourable Mr Ballance by Te Kooti were a dogskin cloak and a whalebone club.
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