CHAMOIS LEATHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chamois leather mean? 

• CHAMOIS LEATHER (noun)
  The noun CHAMOIS LEATHER has 1 sense:

1. a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin

  Familiarity information: CHAMOIS LEATHER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHAMOIS LEATHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

chammy; chammy leather; chamois; chamois leather; shammy; shammy leather

Hypernyms ("chamois leather" is a kind of...):

leather (an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chamois leather"):

wash leather (piece of chamois used for cleaning and polishing)

 Context examples 

The King took a heavy chamois leather bag from under his cloak and laid it on the table.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)