Definition of Chamais
Cham"ois (shăm"m&ybreve; or
sh&adot;*moi"; 277), n. [F. chamois,
prob. fr. OG. gamz, G. gemse.]
1. (Zoöl.) A small species of
antelope (Rupicapra tragus), living on the loftiest
mountain ridges of Europe, as the Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It
possesses remarkable agility, and is a favorite object of
chase.
2. A soft leather made from the skin of
the chamois, or from sheepskin, etc.; -- called also chamois
leather, and chammy or shammy leather. See
Shammy.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A mountain goat native to Europe.
- A cloth made from the hide of the chamois or material having similar properties.
- (colour)a grayish-yellow colour, like that of chamois leather.
chamois colour:
- Of the leather obtained from the hide of the chamois.
- chamois leather
- (colour) of a grayish-yellow colour, like that of chamois leather.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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