shammy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shammy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for shammy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shammy n a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin Synonym(s): chamois, chamois leather, chammy, chammy leather, shammy, shammy leather
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shammy \Sham"my\, n. [F. chamious a chamois, shammy leather. See {Chamois}.] 1. (Zo[94]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}.]