shammy leather — noun a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin • Syn: ↑chamois, ↑chamois leather, ↑chammy, ↑chammy leather, ↑shammy • Hypernyms: ↑leather • Hyponym … Useful english dictionary
shammy leather — n. leather prepared from the skin of the chamois … English contemporary dictionary
shammy leather — See chamois … Dictionary of automotive terms
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
shammy — (also shammy leather) ► NOUN (pl. shammies) informal ▪ chamois leather. ORIGIN a phonetic spelling … English terms dictionary
shammy — sham|my [ˈʃæmi] n also shammy .leather [U and C] a piece of ↑chamois leather, used for cleaning or polishing … Dictionary of contemporary English
shammy — (also shammy leather) noun (plural shammies) informal term for chamois (in sense 2). Origin C18: a phonetic spelling … English new terms dictionary
shammy — n. (pl. ies) (in full shammy leather) colloq. = CHAMOIS 2. Etymology: repr. corrupted pronunc … Useful english dictionary
shammy — noun chamois leather … Wiktionary
shammy — sham·my || ʃæmɪ‚leðə(r) n. chamois (Zoology); leather prepared from the skin of the chamois … English contemporary dictionary
