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.
2. 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.