| chamois |
| chamois | (n) a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin, Syn. shammy, chammy, chammy leather, chamois leather, shammy leather |
| chamois | (n) hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips, Syn. Rupicapra rupicapra |
| chamois cloth | (n) a piece of chamois used for washing windows or cars |
| chamois cress | (n) small tufted perennial herb of mountains of central and southern Europe having very small flowers of usually leafless stems; sometimes placed in genus Lepidium, Syn. Lepidium alpina, Pritzelago alpina |
| Chamois | n. [ F. chamois, prob. fr. OG. gamz, G. gemse. ] |