A soft suede leather formerly from the sheep of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin

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n. a soft suede leather formerly from the sheep of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin [syn: chamois , chamois leather , chammy leather , shammy , shammy leather ]

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Chamois \Cham"ois\ (sh[a^]m"m[y^] or sh[.a]*moi"; 277), n. [F. chamois, prob. fr. OG. gamz, G. gemse.] (Zo["o]l.) A small species of antelope ( Rupicapra tragus ), living on the loftiest mountain ridges of Europe, as the Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It possesses ...