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Vinony

sheepskin

noun

  1. sheep leather with attached wool
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From sheep + skin.

  1. 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 […]”

  2. The skin of a sheep, especially an adult sheep, and especially when used to make parchment or in bookbinding.
  3. 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;”