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
shammy (countable and uncountable, plural shammies)
Chamois leather.
A cloth made of this leather.
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
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
26 November 2024
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