EGAVE

chamois

About 0.24 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra.
  2. noun Ellipsis of chamois leather (“soft pliable leather originally made from the skin of chamois (nowadays the hides of deer, sheep, and other species of goat are alternatively used)”).
  3. noun The traditional colour of chamois leather.
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  4. noun An absorbent cloth used for cleaning and polishing, formerly made of chamois leather.
  5. noun A padded insert which protects the groin from the bicycle saddle.
  6. adjective Chamois-colored.
  7. verb To clean with a chamois leather cloth.

Similar words

chamois leather shammy chammy chammy leather rupicapra rupicapra shammy leather genus rupicapra rupicapra chamoix shamois

Often followed by

leather skin and or cloth is hunter in bag

Word family

chammies chammy chamoix shammies shammy

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