'Shammy' definitions:
Definition of 'shammy'
From: WordNet
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]
Definition of 'Shammy'
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