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Meanings of chamois leather in English
A soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin.
Usage of chamois leather in English
1
To polish furniture, use a piece of velveteen instead of chamois leather.
2
Peter Ruff drew a little chamois leather bag from his pocket.
3
He undid his coat and waistcoat and displayed a plain vest of chamois leather.
4
The body was concertinaed and looked like chamois leather with some dark brown blotches.
5
She wiped it away with the chamois leather.
6
The outside, also, well polished with sweet oil and stale milk, then enveloped in chamois leather.
7
The King took a heavy chamois leather bag from under his cloak, and laid it on the table.
8
Smithers put his hand in his pocket and produced the coins; they were in a little chamois leather bag.
9
Then he took a small piece of chamois leather from his waistcoat pocket and began to polish his glasses.
10
For the slough in which it was rolled was fine chamois leather; what colour it had been could not be known.
11
In one hand he held a turban of white muslin striped with red, in the other a small chamois leather bag.
12
He spread the chamois leather out upon the table, and cut the skins into two long strips, about a foot broad.
13
He was rehearsing in costume: a long blue frock-coat, with a collar reaching above his ears, and riding-breeches of chamois leather.
14
With a fragment of chamois leather he lovingly polished the leering idol, crooning softly to himself and smiling his mirthless smile.
15
For squeezing amalgam, strong calico, not too coarse, previously soaked in clean water, is quite as good as ordinary chamois leather.
16
The sight of the fellow wandering about a garden bareheaded and gloved in yellow chamois leather had begun to affect my nerves.