2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shammy \Sham"my\, n. [F. chamious a chamois, shammy leather. See
{Chamois}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The chamois.
2. A soft, pliant leather, prepared originally from the skin
of the chamois, but now made also from the skin of the
sheep, goat, kid, deer, and calf. See {Shamoying}.
[Written also {chamois}, {shamoy}, and {shamois}.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
shammy
n : a soft suede leather formerly from the sheep of the chamois
antelope but now from sheepskin [syn: {chamois}, {chamois
leather}, {chammy}, {chammy leather}, {shammy leather}]
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