chamois

chamois
\ \ [16] The word chamois (the name of a species of Alpine antelope) probably goes back to a language spoken in the Alps before the Romans penetrated northwards. They adopted it as late Latin camox, and in the local Romansch language it is kamuotsch, but the source of the English word is the related French chamois. Its use in the sense ‘soft wash-leather’, as originally made from the skin of the chamois, dates from the 16th century, although the spelling shammy is not recorded before the 17th century.

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  • chamois — CHAMOIS. subst. masc. Espèce de chèvre sauvage, qui vit dans les rochers et dans les montagnes. Il tua, il prit deux chamois. Chamois mâle. Chamois femelle. [b]f♛/b] Il se dit ordinairement De la peau de cet animal corroyée et passée en huile.… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

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