Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chamois"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Chamois
only in Deut. 14:5 (Heb. zemer), an animal of the deer or
gazelle species. It bears this Hebrew name from its leaping or
springing. The animal intended is probably the wild sheep (Ovis
tragelephus), which is still found in Sinai and in the broken
ridges of Stony Arabia. The LXX. and Vulgate render the word by
camelopardus, i.e., the giraffe; but this is an animal of
Central Africa, and is not at all known in Syria.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shammy \Sham"my\, n. [F. chamious a chamois, shammy leather. See
{Chamois}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The chamois.
2. A soft, pliant leather, prepared originally from the skin
of the chamois, but now made also from the skin of the
sheep, goat, kid, deer, and calf. See {Shamoying}.
[Written also {chamois}, {shamoy}, and {shamois}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chamois \Cham"ois\, n. [F. chamois, prob. fr. OG. gamz, G.
gemse.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
2. 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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chamois
n 1: a soft suede leather formerly from the sheep of the chamois
antelope but now from sheepskin [syn: {chamois leather},
{chammy}, {chammy leather}, {shammy}, {shammy leather}]
2: hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns
with backward-hooked tips [syn: {Rupicapra rupicapra}]
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