Chamois

·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.

II. Chamois ·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.