sheepskin

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Definition of sheepskin

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(uncountable)The skin of a sheep, especially an adult sheep, and especially when used to make parchment or in bookbinding.

“Near-synonym: lambskin”
“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 […]”

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noun

(uncountable)The skin of a sheep, especially an adult sheep, and especially when used to make parchment or in bookbinding.

“Near-synonym: lambskin”
“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 […]”
(countable, uncountable)The skin of a sheep, especially an adult sheep, and especially when used to make parchment or in bookbinding.
(US, countable)A diploma, especially the one representing a university or college degree.

“[…] he took his sheepskin with a bow and a gesture that extinguished several of his companions;”

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From sheep + skin.

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