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Definitions for Chamois
[1] an agile, goatlike antelope, Rupicapra rupicapra, of high mountains of Europe: now rare in some areas.
[2] a soft, pliable leather from any of various skins dressed with oil, especially fish oil, originally prepared from the skin of the chamois.
[3] a piece of this leather.
[4] a cotton cloth finished to simulate this leather.
[5] a medium to grayish yellow color.
[6] to dress (a pelt) with oil in order to produce a chamois.
[7] to rub or buff with a chamois.
[8] (ˈʃæmwɑː ) a sure-footed goat antelope, Rupicapra rupicapra, inhabiting mountains of Europe and SW Asia, having vertical horns with backward-pointing tips
[9] a soft suede leather formerly made from the hide of this animal, now obtained from the skins of sheep and goats
[10] Also called: chamois leather , shammy , shammy leather , chammy , chammy leather (ˈʃæmɪ ) a piece of such leather or similar material used for polishing, etc
[11] (ˈʃæmwɑː ) a yellow to greyish-yellow colour (as modifier) a chamois stamp
[12] to dress (leather or skin) like chamois
[13] to polish with a chamois
Words related to Chamois
leather, cloth, skin, antelope, shammy, chammy
Words nearby Chamois
chamfer bit, chamfron, chaminade, chamiso, chammy, chamois, chamomile, chamonix, chamorro, chamos, chamosite
Origin of Chamois
1525–35; < Middle French < Late Latin camox, presumably of pre-Latin orig.; cf. gems
Word origin for Chamois
C16: from Old French, from Late Latin camox of uncertain origin