noun pl. chamois cham′·ois (-ēz)

1. a small goat antelope (Rupicapra rupicapra) of the mountains of Europe and the Caucasus, having straight horns with the tips bent backward
2. also sp. chammy cham′my

   1. a soft leather made from its skin or from the skin of sheep, deer, goats, etc.
   2. a piece of this leather, used as a polishing cloth

Etymology: Fr < LL camox < a native Alpine word of IE orig.; akin to Gr kemas, young deer: see hind

adjective

1. made of chamois
2. yellowish-brown

transitive verb chamoised cham′·oised (s̸ham′ēd), chamoising cham′·ois·ing (s̸ham′ē iŋ)