Shammy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shammy \Sham"my\, n. [F. chamious a chamois, shammy leather. See
     {Chamois}.]
     1. (Zool.) The chamois.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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}.]
        [1913 Webster] Shamois

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shammy
       n : a soft suede leather formerly from the sheep of the chamois
           antelope but now from sheepskin [syn: {chamois}, {chamois
           leather}, {chammy}, {chammy leather}, {shammy leather}]