Terms vs Shamoy - What's the difference?
terms | shamoy |
* 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:
As nouns the difference between terms and shamoy
is that terms is while shamoy is .shamoy
English
Noun
(en noun)- I afterwards adopted the precaution of using very thin shamoy gloves, and have often taken observations at still lower temperatures without injury.