Meaning Of The Word Chamois

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chamois
countable noun: A chamois or a chamois leather is a soft leather cloth used for cleaning and polishing.
countable noun: Chamois are small animals rather like goats that live in the mountains of Europe and South West Asia.

chamois in American English
a small goat antelope (Rupicapra rupicapra) of the mountains of Europe and the Caucasus, having straight horns with the tips bent backward
noun: an agile, goatlike antelope, Rupicapra rupicapra, of high mountains of Europe: now rare in some areas
transitive verb: to dress (a pelt) with oil in order to produce a chamois

chamois in British English
to dress (leather or skin) like chamois
noun: a sure-footed goat antelope, Rupicapra rupicapra, inhabiting mountains of Europe and SW Asia, having vertical horns with backward-pointing tips

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