Shammy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

shammy
    n 1: a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois
         antelope but now from sheepskin [syn: {chamois}, {chamois
         leather}, {chammy}, {chammy leather}, {shammy}, {shammy
         leather}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Shammy \Sham"my\, n. [F. chamious a chamois, shammy leather. See
   {Chamois}.]
   1. (Zool.) The chamois.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A soft, pliant leather, prepared originally from the skin
      of the chamois, but now made also from the skin of the
      sheep, goat, kid, deer, and calf. See {Shamoying}.
      [Written also {chamois}, {shamoy}, and {shamois}.]
      [1913 Webster] Shamois