| 单词 | shammy-leather |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshammy-leather 1. In full shammy-leather: a kind of soft, pliable leather. Cf. chamois n. 2. Also a piece of this, a wash-leather. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > [noun] > washing-cloth or leather washen leatherc1425 wash-leather1681 shammy-leather1714 washing-leather1784 wash-rag1890 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > chamois-leather or wash-leather chamois1575 losh hide1583 shambo leather1612 wash-leather1681 shammy-leather1714 shambo skin1755 losh leather1756 1714 tr. French Bk. of Rates 142 Goat-Skins and Sheep-Skins drest..in Imitation of Shammy. 1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! I. 364 They are more capable of labour, than if they wore shammy, or dog-skin. 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 93 Cover it with a piece of buff or shammy leather. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 443/2 The wash-leathers, sometimes called ‘shammys’ (chamois), now sold extensively in the streets, are for the most part the half of a sheep-skin, or..a larger lamb-skin. 1883 R. Haldane Workshop Receipts 2nd Ser. 367/1 The process of manufacturing ‘chamois’ or ‘shammy’ leather is thus described. < as lemmas |
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