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单词 shamoy
释义

shamoy

English

Etymology

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

Noun

shamoy (countable and uncountable, plural shamoys)

  1. Obsolete spelling of chamois leather
    • 1843. Thomas Simpson. Narrative of the Discoveries on the North Coast of America, effected by the Officers of the Hudson’s Bay Company, during the years 1836—39 (London : S. & J. Bentley, Wilson, and Fley), p. 39:
      I afterwards adopted the precaution of using very thin shamoy gloves, and have often taken observations at still lower temperatures without injury.

Verb

shamoy (third-person singular simple present shamoys, present participle shamoying, simple past and past participle shamoyed)

  1. To prepare leather by working oil into the skin.
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