shamoy

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

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.

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.