noun. Either of two species of agile goat antelopes (Rupicapra rupicapra or R. pyrenaica) of mountainous regions of Europe and western Asia, having upright horns with backward-hooked tips.

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noun. A soft leather made from the hide of these antelopes or of other animals such as deer or sheep.

noun. A piece of such leather or of a fabric or material made to resemble it, used as a polishing or drying cloth or in shirts.

noun. A moderate to grayish yellow.

To tan or dress by means of repeated oiling and milling.

noun. A very soft leather made from sheepskin; the flesh side of split sheepskin (the grain side being used for fancy leather).

noun. In textile coloring, a name sometimes applied to iron buff because of its resemblance in color to chamois-skin. See iron buff, under buff, n.

noun. A species of goat-like or capriform antelope, Rupicapra tragus, formerly Antilope rupicapra, inhabiting high inaccessible mountains in Europe and western Asia.

noun. A kind of soft leather made from various skins dressed with fish-oil: so called because first prepared from the skin of the chamois. In recent times it has been largely used for warm underclothing. See wash-leather.

noun. 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.

noun. 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.

adjective. Chamois-coloured.

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

noun. Soft pliable leather originally made from the skin of chamois (nowadays the hides of deer, sheep, and other species of goat are alternatively used).

noun. The traditional colour of chamois leather.

noun. a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin

noun. hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips