chammies
1chammies — n. chamois, leather prepared from the skin of the chamois …
2chamois — or chammy n. pl. chammies [sham′ē] n. chamois [sham′ēz] [Fr < LL camox < a native Alpine word of IE orig.; akin to Gr kemas, young deer: see HIND2] 1. a small goat antelope (Rupicapra rupicapra) of the mountains of Europe and the Caucasus,… …
3chammy — /sham ee/, n., pl. chammies, v.t., chammied, chammying. chamois (defs. 2 4, 6, 7). * * * …
4chammy — noun a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin • Syn: ↑chamois, ↑chamois leather, ↑chammy leather, ↑shammy, ↑shammy leather • Hypernyms: ↑leather • …
