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chamois
/ʃæmˈwɑ/
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What does chamois mean?
noun
- A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra.
- Ellipsis of chamois leather (“soft pliable leather originally made from the skin of chamois (nowadays the hides of deer, sheep, and other species of goat are alternatively used)”).
- The traditional colour of chamois leather.
More meanings (4)
noun
- An absorbent cloth used for cleaning and polishing, formerly made of chamois leather.
- A padded insert which protects the groin from the bicycle saddle.
adjective
- Chamois-colored.
verb
- To clean with a chamois leather cloth.
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Cleaning Mercury.—Make a small bag of chamois skin, pour in the mercury, and squeeze it through the leather.
The King took a heavy chamois leather bag from under his cloak and laid it on the table.
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Then at last she put them away in the brass match-box and chamois bag, delighted beyond words that they were once more full and heavy.
The northern animals include the following: Alpine hare, musk-sheep, glutton, reindeer, arctic fox, lemming, tailless hare, marmot, spermophile, ibex, snowy vole, chamois.
She tried to follow him, but Marius walked briskly, and with immense strides; it was a hippopotamus undertaking the pursuit of a chamois.