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sheepskin

[ sheep-skin ]

noun

  1. the skin of a sheep, especially such a skin dressed with the wool on, as for a garment.
  2. leather, parchment, or the like, made from the skin of sheep.
  3. Informal. a diploma.


adjective

  1. made from the skin of a sheep.
  2. (of a garment) lined with the skin of a sheep dressed with the wool on.

sheepskin

/ ˈʃiːpˌskɪn /

noun

    1. the skin of a sheep, esp when used for clothing, etc, or with the fleece removed and used for parchment
    2. ( as modifier )

      a sheepskin coat

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sheepskin1

First recorded in 1150–1200, sheepskin is from the Middle English word shepskinn. See sheep, skin
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Example Sentences

He covered himself with a sheepskin before the wolf in front of him who had attacked his institution with “falsehoods.”

In one notorious incident, half a dozen young condors were found playing tug of war with a sheepskin rug on a back porch in Santa Barbara, he recalled.

The new study adds to evidence that sheepskin helped to prevent fraudsters from pulling the wool over English officials’ eyes.

Several 12th and 17th century documents describe sheepskin as useful in detecting changes to an original document, such as tampering with a property owner’s name.

They have a platform rubber sole and sheepskin leather exterior with a dyed shearling lining to keep you looking put-together on a snowy sidewalk.

The decision maker turned out to be a gray-haired Cossack ataman, or commander, in a traditional sheepskin hat.

So where might the next Carol Bartz or Jeff Bezos get their sheepskin?

On the sheepskin rug before the fire a Manx cat was dozing beside a pair of carpet slippers.

The sheepskin is very short for me, and closely cropped, and looks like a worn-out mat!!

They generally wore turbans of lambswool, and jackets of sheepskin with the wool inwards.

He had taken care to remove from the box of clothing his sheepskin, his loose coat with a hood, and his waterproof overalls.

Which runs directly into the throat of said Pragmatic Sanction; and engages to make it, mere waste sheepskin, so to speak!

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