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Noun Concept

Categories: All articles with unsourced statements, Leather, Leathermaking

chamois chamois leather chammy chammy leather shammy

A soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin WordNet 3.0

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A soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Chamois leather is a type of porous leather, traditionally the skin of the chamois, a type of European mountain goat, but today made almost exclusively from the flesh split of a sheepskin. Wikipedia

Porous leather, traditionally the skin of the chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) Wikidata

Usually as chamois leather: soft pliable leather originally made from the skin of chamois (nowadays the hides of deer, sheep, and other species of goat are alternatively used). Wiktionary

A soft suede leather, originally from the antelope but now made from sheepskin, used in cleaning and polishing. Wiktionary

A cloth made of this leather. Wiktionary

IS A

leather

HAS KIND

wash leather

DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia

DIFFERENT FROM

chamois-skin

FABRICATION METHOD

chamoising