noun
a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin
• Syn: ↑chamois, ↑chamois leather, ↑chammy leather, ↑shammy, ↑shammy leather
• Hypernyms: ↑leather
• Hyponyms: ↑wash leather
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nounsee chamois I, 2
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/sham"ee/, n., pl. chammies, v.t., chammied, chammying.
chamois (defs. 2-4, 6, 7).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.