Chamois leather

For other uses, see Shammi.
Chamois leather cloth
Synthetic microfiber "Shammy" cloth

Chamois leather (/ˈʃæmi/)[1] is a type of porous leather, traditionally the skin of the chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), a type of European mountain goat, but today made almost exclusively from the flesh split of a sheepskin.

  1. ^ Wells, J. (2008) Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, London: Pearson Longman.