sheepskin
Noun
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Noun
sheepskin
- (uncountable) The skin of a sheep, especially when used to make parchment or in bookbinding.
- 1891, Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction (volume 17, page 137)
- I confess to having felt a prejudice against sleeping in a bag, more especially a sheepskin bag, which would probably have a muttony odor; but it was pronounced to be the warmest and least cumbersome form of bedding we could have […]
- 1891, Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction (volume 17, page 137)
- (US, countable) A diploma.
- (countable or uncountable) The tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on, especially when used for clothing, rugs, etc.
- French: peau de mouton
- German: Schafspelz, Schafpelz, Schaffell, Schafsfell, Schafleder, Schafsleder
- Russian: овчи́на
- Spanish: carnero, badana
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