Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Shammy

Shammy , noun

[French chamious a chamois, shammy leather. See Chamois.]

1.
(Zoology) The chamois.
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.