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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sham•my (sham′ē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mies, v., -mied, -my•ing. - Clothingchamois (defs. 2–4, 6, 7).
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: shammy /ˈʃæmɪ/ n ( pl -mies)- informal
another word for chamois
Also called: shammy leather
Etymology: 18th Century: variant, influenced by the pronunciation, of chamois cham•ois /ˈʃæmi; for 1. also ʃæmˈwɑ/USA pronunciation n., pl. cham•ois, cham•oix /ˈʃæmiz; for 1. also ʃæmˈwɑ/USA pronunciation - Mammals[countable] a small antelope much like a goat, of the high mountains of Europe.
- Clothing[uncountable] a soft, pliable leather from various animal skins dressed with oil.
- Clothing[countable] a piece of this leather.
Also, shammy (for defs. 2–4. 6, 7. in Unabridged dictionary). WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cham•ois (sham′ē; Fr. sha mwä′),USA pronunciation n., pl. cham•ois, cham•oix (sham′ēz; Fr. sha mwä′),USA pronunciation v., cham•oised (sham′ēd),USA pronunciation cham•ois•ing (sham′ē ing).USA pronunciation n. - Mammalsan agile, goatlike antelope, Rupicapra rupicapra, of high mountains of Europe: now rare in some areas.
- Clothinga soft, pliable leather from any of various skins dressed with oil, esp. fish oil, originally prepared from the skin of the chamois.
- Clothinga piece of this leather.
- Textilesa cotton cloth finished to simulate this leather.
- a medium to grayish yellow color.
v.t. - Clothingto dress (a pelt) with oil in order to produce a chamois.
- to rub or buff with a chamois.
Also, chammy, shammy, shamoy (for defs. 2–4, 6, 7). - Late Latin camox, presumably of pre-Latin origin, originally; compare gems
- Middle French
- 1525–35
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