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shamoy ‎(plural shamoys)

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.