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Meanings of chamois leather in English

Russian
замша
Portuguese
camurça
Catalan
camussa
Wikidata

A soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin.

        замша
        Usage of chamois leather in English
        1
        To polish furniture, use a piece of velveteen instead of chamois leather.
        Fowler's Household Helps / Over 300 Useful and Valuable Helps Ab...
        2
        Peter Ruff drew a little chamois leather bag from his pocket.
        Peter Ruff and the Double Four
        3
        He undid his coat and waistcoat and displayed a plain vest of chamois leather.
        The Great Impersonation
        4
        The body was concertinaed and looked like chamois leather with some dark brown blotches.
        The Irish Times
        5
        She wiped it away with the chamois leather.
        The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
        6
        The outside, also, well polished with sweet oil and stale milk, then enveloped in chamois leather.
        Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commer...
        7
        The King took a heavy chamois leather bag from under his cloak, and laid it on the table.
        The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Ho...
        8
        Smithers put his hand in his pocket and produced the coins; they were in a little chamois leather bag.
        The Man Who Lost Himself
        9
        Then he took a small piece of chamois leather from his waistcoat pocket and began to polish his glasses.
        The Man Who Lost Himself
        10
        For the slough in which it was rolled was fine chamois leather; what colour it had been could not be known.
        The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
        11
        In one hand he held a turban of white muslin striped with red, in the other a small chamois leather bag.
        Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
        12
        He spread the chamois leather out upon the table, and cut the skins into two long strips, about a foot broad.
        Henry Dunbar: A Novel
        13
        He was rehearsing in costume: a long blue frock-coat, with a collar reaching above his ears, and riding-breeches of chamois leather.
        A Mummer's Tale
        14
        With a fragment of chamois leather he lovingly polished the leering idol, crooning softly to himself and smiling his mirthless smile.
        Dope
        15
        For squeezing amalgam, strong calico, not too coarse, previously soaked in clean water, is quite as good as ordinary chamois leather.
        Getting Gold: A Practical Treatise for Prospectors, Miners and S...
        16
        The sight of the fellow wandering about a garden bareheaded and gloved in yellow chamois leather had begun to affect my nerves.
        Jaffery
        Translations for chamois leather
        Russian
        замша
        Portuguese
        camurça
        Catalan
        camussa