Chamois

Quick meaning: Chamois is a noun meaning A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra.

Meaning

A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra.

More Meanings

1. The traditional colour of chamois leather.
2. An absorbent cloth used for cleaning and polishing, formerly made of chamois leather.
3. (cycling) A padded insert which protects the groin from the bicycle saddle.
4. Chamois-colored.
5. (transitive) To clean with a chamois leather cloth.
6. Ellipsis of chamois leather (“soft pliable leather originally made from the skin of chamois (nowadays the hides of deer, sheep, and other species of goat are alternatively used)”).

Example Sentences

Mirrors can be cleaned with warm water and ammonia or vinegar and polished with a chamois.

I took them, breathed on them, polished them with a chamois and hung them on the chandelier.

Once your paint has been restored, drying your car with a chamois is just about all you have to do to restore the luster.

[H]e seldom donned his armour, substituted costly damask and silk for his war-worn shamoy doublet, and affected at his advanced time of life more gaiety of attire than his contemporaries remembered as distinguishing his early youth.

Word Forms

• chamoises
• chamoix
• chamoising
• chamoised

Synonyms for chamois

Depending on context, synonyms include shammy, chammy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shammy, chammy, chamoix, shamois, rupicaprine, izard.

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