Chamois Definition

shămē
chamois
noun
A small goat antelope (Rupicapra rupicapra) of the mountains of Europe and the Caucasus, having straight horns with the tips bent backward.
Webster's New World
Soft leather made from its skin or from the skin of sheep, deer, goats, etc.
Webster's New World
A piece of this leather, used as a polishing cloth.
Webster's New World
A moderate to grayish yellow.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
adjective
Made of chamois.
Webster's New World
Yellowish-brown.
Webster's New World
Chamois-coloured.
Wiktionary
verb
chamois
To polish with a chamois skin.
Webster's New World

Origin of Chamois

  • Borrowing from French en chamois, from Gaulish camox (5th c., Polemius Silvius), probably from an extinct Alpine language (Raetic, Ligurian). Compare also Old High German gamiza ("chamois") (whence modern German Gämse).

    From Wiktionary

  • French from Old French from Late Latin camōx

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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