SHAMMY

chamois, chamois leather, chammy, chammy leather, shammy, shammy leather

(noun) a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

shammy (countable and uncountable, plural shammies)

Chamois leather.

A cloth made of this leather.

Verb

shammy (third-person singular simple present shammies, present participle shammying, simple past and past participle shammied)

(transitive) To clean with a chamois leather cloth.

Source: Wiktionary

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Sham"my, n. Etym: [F. chamious a chamois, shammy leather. See Chamois.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The chamois.

2. A soft, pliant leather, prepared originally from the skin of the chamois, but now made also from the skin of the sheep, goat, kid, deer, and calf. See Shamoying. [Written also chamois, shamoy, and shamois.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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