chamois vs wash-leather

chamois

noun
  • An absorbent cloth used for cleaning and polishing, formerly made of chamois leather. 

  • A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra. 

  • A padded insert which protects the groin from the bicycle saddle. 

  • The traditional colour of chamois leather. 

verb
  • To clean with a chamois leather cloth. 

adj
  • Chamois-colored. 

wash-leather

noun
  • Leather that has been treated so as to be very absorbent. Usually made of sheepskin treated with oil, and used for dusting or as an absorbent lining in pockets, gloves, etc. 

  • Buff leather for regimental belts. 

How often have the words chamois and wash-leather occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )