OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 2490

chamois

/ˈʃæmwɑː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
gamuza • rebeco • sarrio
A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra.
When my father returned from Milan, he found playing with me in the hall of our villa a child fairer than pictured cherub – a creature who seemed to shed radiance from her looks an…
gamuza
The traditional colour of chamois leather.
gamuza
An absorbent cloth used for cleaning and polishing, formerly made of chamois leather.
I took them, breathed on them, polished them with a chamois and hung them on the chandelier.
Mirrors can be cleaned with warm water and ammonia or vinegar and polished with a chamois.