† shambon.
Scottish. Obsolete.
attributive in shambo leather, chamois leather (chamois n. 2). Also in shambo skin.
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chamois1575
losh hide1583
shambo leather1612
wash-leather1681
shammy-leather1714
shambo skin1755
losh leather1756
1612 Bk. Customs & Valuation in A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) 310 Gloves of shambo lether the dozen pair xlviii s.
1706 Speech Fife Laird in J. Watson Choice Coll. Scots Poems i. 28 No windy flowrish'd flying Feathers, No sweet permusted shambo Leathers.
1755 in W. Macgill Old Ross-shire & Scotl. (1909) I. 154 5 large Shamboe skins for lyning breeches and pockets 7s 6d.
1807 J. Hall Trav. Scotl. II. 516 The miniature figure of a man made of stuffed shambeau leather.
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