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Definition chamois
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French chamois, from Late Latin camox, from Gaulish camox (5th c. AD, Polemius Silvius), probably from an extinct Alpine language (Raetic, Ancient Ligurian), possibly Proto-Indo-European *kem (“without horns”). Compare also Old High German gamiza (“chamois”) (whence modern German Gämse).
Noun
chamois (countable and uncountable, plural chamoises or chamois)
- A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra.
- Usually as chamois leather: soft pliable leather originally made from the skin of chamois (nowadays the hides of deer, sheep, and other species of goat are alternatively used).
- The traditional colour of chamois leather.
- An absorbent cloth used for cleaning and polishing, formerly made of chamois leather.
Adjective
chamois (not comparable)
- Chamois-colored.
Verb
chamois (third-person singular simple present chamoises, present participle chamoising, simple past and past participle chamoised)
- (transitive) To clean with a chamois leather cloth.
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