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}.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Shamoy — Shamois Sham ois, Shamoy Sham oy, n. See {Shammy}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shamoy — /sham ee/, n., pl. shamoys, v., shamoyed, shamoying. chamois (defs. 2 4, 6, 7). * * * … Universalium
shamoy — I. noun see chamois I, 2 II. transitive verb see chamois II, 1 III. see shammy I … Useful english dictionary
chamois — Shammy Sham my, n. [F. chamious a chamois, shammy leather. See {Chamois}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The chamois. [1913 Webster] 2. A soft, pliant leather, prepared originally from the skin of the chamois, but now made also from the skin of the sheep, goat,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Shammy — Sham my, n. [F. chamious a chamois, shammy leather. See {Chamois}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The chamois. [1913 Webster] 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,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Shamois — Sham ois, Shamoy Sham oy, n. See {Shammy}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shamois — Shammy Sham my, n. [F. chamious a chamois, shammy leather. See {Chamois}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The chamois. [1913 Webster] 2. A soft, pliant leather, prepared originally from the skin of the chamois, but now made also from the skin of the sheep, goat,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chamois — /sham ee/; Fr. /shann mwah /, n., pl. chamois, chamoix /sham eez/; Fr. /shann mwah /, v., chamoised /sham eed/, chamoising /sham ee ing/. n. 1. an agile, goatlike antelope, Rupicapra rupicapra, of high mountains of Europe: now rare in some areas … Universalium
