English noun: chamois | |||
1. | chamois (substance) a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin | ||
Synonyms | chammy, chammy leather, chamois leather, shammy, shammy leather | ||
Broader (hypernym) | leather | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | wash leather | ||
2. | chamois (animal) hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips | ||
Synonyms | Rupicapra rupicapra | ||
Broader (hypernym) | goat antelope | ||
Member meronym | genus Rupicapra, Rupicapra | ||