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sheepskin
[sheep-skin]
noun
the skin of a sheep, especially such a skin dressed with the wool on, as for a garment.
leather, parchment, or the like, made from the skin of sheep.
Informal.a diploma.
adjective
made from the skin of a sheep.
(of a garment) lined with the skin of a sheep dressed with the wool on.
sheepskin
/ ˈʃːˌɪ /
noun
the skin of a sheep, esp when used for clothing, etc, or with the fleece removed and used for parchment
( as modifier )
a sheepskin coat
Word History and Origins
Origin of sheepskin1
Example Sentences
In the converted barn's main room, Elizabethan ballads drifted through smoke-thick air as someone scattered chrysanthemum petals across a sheepskin rug.
He also had custom sheepskin chair covers for the front and back.
Chused has used oversized leather club chairs draped with sheepskin to create nests by the fireplace.
Around 11, I tanned five sheepskins to make my first leather jacket.
A vast ocean of stars glitters in the night sky over traditional sheepskin tents in remote Mongolia.
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