sheepskin

sheepskin

English

Etymology

sheep +‎ skin

Noun

sheepskin (countable and uncountable, plural sheepskins)

1. (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 […]

2. (US, countable) A diploma.
3. (countable or uncountable) The tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on, especially when used for clothing, rugs, etc.

Hyponyms

• skin

Translations

skin of a sheep

Bulgarian: овча кожа f (ovča koža) Catalan: badana (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 羊皮 (zh) (yángpí) Classical Nahuatl: ichcaēhuatl French: peau de mouton f Galician: pelica f German: Schafspelz (de) m, Schaffell (de) n, Schafsfell (de) n, Schafleder (de) n, Schafsleder (de) n Greek: Ancient: μηλωτή f (mēlōtḗ) Japanese: 羊の毛皮 (ひつじのけがわ, hitsuji no kegawa) Latin: mastrūca f Maori: kiri hipi Persian: پوستین‎ (fa) (pustin), وت‎ (fa) (vat) Polish: baran (pl) m (colloquial), baranica (pl) f Russian: овчи́на (ru) f (ovčína), ове́чья шку́ра f (ovéčʹja škúra) Spanish: carnero (es) m, badana (es) f, zalea (es) f Swedish: fårskinn n

References

• OED