chamois leather in a sentence
Examples
- Chamois leather is often counterfeited with goat or pig skin, the practice of which is a particular profession called by the French " chamoiser ".
- Meerschaum pipes are held in a square of chamois leather, with gloves, or else by the stem in order to prevent uneven coloring of the material.
- The museum also displays the Iceman's equipment, including a copper axe, a yew-wood arch, a flintstone dagger and a quiver in chamois leather with 14 arrows.
- Chamois leather is used thus as a fuel filter by boaters, auto detailers and aircraft refuellers, particularly of a past age when aircraft were flown into very remote areas.
- In 1945, Lavender Dower ( d . 2003 ) began making model horses out of chamois leather, using the lead from London buildings bombed during World War II to make their legs.
- Imitation chamois leather is made using other leathers ( such as the domestic goat, sheep or pig ), and synthetic chamois leather is usually made from polyvinyl alcohol or non-woven viscose rayon.
- Imitation chamois leather is made using other leathers ( such as the domestic goat, sheep or pig ), and synthetic chamois leather is usually made from polyvinyl alcohol or non-woven viscose rayon.
- Chamois leather is used around professional film and video camera viewfinders, as it provides comfort and absorbs sweat from camera operators who spend a long time with their eye planted on the viewfinder.
- Historically, cycling shorts were made of knit black wool, which hides oil and grease stains, with a chamois leather padding inside the shorts in the crotch area, which reduces chafing from the bicycle saddle.
- Another would be the cleaning cloths known as chamois ( French spelling and all, even though it s pronounced shammy ), which were once made of chamois leather but those days have long gone.