English Explanatory Dictionary

shamoy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Obsolete spelling of chamois.
verb
  1. To prepare leather by working oil into the skin.

Word forms

shamoy shamoys shamoying shamoyed

Etymology

From a phonetic spelling of chamois, a word borrowed from French.

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