Soft, pliable tawed or treated skin originally made from the skins of the chamois, Antilopa rupicapra, a small deer; now made from the skins of lamb, sheep, goat, or from the thin portion of split hides.
AAT
300032341
chammy
chamoised leather
leather, chamoised
leather, wash
shammy
shamoy
wash leather
13yrs ago
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