'Chamois' definitions:

Definition of 'chamois'

noun

A soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin [syn: chamois, chamois leather, chammy, chammy leather, shammy, shammy leather]

noun

Hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips [syn: chamois, Rupicapra rupicapra]

From: GCIDE

Chamois \Cham"ois\ (sh[a^]m"m[y^] or sh[.a]*moi"; 277), n. [F. chamois, prob. fr. OG. gamz, G. gemse.]
1. (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]
2. 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. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Shammy \Sham"my\, n. [F. chamious a chamois, shammy leather. See Chamois.]
1. (Zool.) The chamois. [1913 Webster]
2. A soft, pliant leather, prepared originally from the skin of the chamois, but now made also from the skin of the sheep, goat, kid, deer, and calf. See Shamoying. [Written also chamois, shamoy, and shamois.] [1913 Webster] Shamois

Chamois only in Deut. 14:5 (Heb. zemer), an animal of the deer or gazelle species. It bears this Hebrew name from its leaping or springing. The animal intended is probably the wild sheep (Ovis tragelephus), which is still found in Sinai and in the broken ridges of Stony Arabia. The LXX. and Vulgate render the word by camelopardus, i.e., the giraffe; but this is an animal of Central Africa, and is not at all known in Syria.

Name :

Chamois, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri

Population (2000) :

456

Housing Units (2000) :

230

Land area (2000) :

0.359529 sq. miles (0.931176 sq. km)

Water area (2000) :

0.021011 sq. miles (0.054418 sq. km)

Total area (2000) :

0.380540 sq. miles (0.985594 sq. km)

FIPS code :

13060

Located within :

Missouri (MO), FIPS 29

Location :

38.675603 N, 91.769749 W

ZIP Codes (1990) :

65024

Note :

some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.