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Definition of Chamois |
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Chamois
A small species of antelope (Rupicapra tragus), living on the loftiest mountain ridges of Europe, as the Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It possesses remarkable agility, and is a favorite object of chase. A soft leather made from the skin of the chamois, or from sheepskin, etc.; -- called also chamois leather, and chammy or shammy leather. See Shammy. Related Definitions: Agility, Also, And, Antelope, As, Called, Chamois, Chase, Favorite, From, Is, It, Leather, Living, Made, Mountain, Object, Of, On, Or, Remarkable, See, Shammy, Sheepskin, Skin, Small, Soft, Species, The, Tragus |
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Chamois Translations
chamois in Dutch is gems, berggeit, klipgeit chamois in French is chamois chamois in German is Gemse, Fensterleder chamois in Italian is camoscio chamois in Spanish is gamuza |
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