chamois

Meanings

Plural: chamois, chamoises, chamoix

Noun

• a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin
• hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips
• A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra.
• Ellipsis of chamois leather (“soft pliable leather originally made from the skin of chamois (nowadays the hides of deer, sheep, and other species of goat are alternatively used)”).
• The traditional colour of chamois leather.
• An absorbent cloth used for cleaning and polishing, formerly made of chamois leather.
• A padded insert which protects the groin from the bicycle saddle.

Adj

• Chamois-colored.

Verb

• To clean with a chamois leather cloth.

Synonyms

chammy, chammy leather, chamois leather, Rupicapra rupicapra, shammy, shammy leather

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