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What does sheepskin mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word sheepskin? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (uncountable) The skin of a sheep, especially when used to make parchment or in bookbinding.
  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.
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Only now they were incongruously dressed in sheepskin jackets and short skirts.
Executed on large sheets of sheepskin parchment, each extraordinarily delicate ink line drawing illustrates one canto or section of Dante's poem.
Faux fur is everywhere for autumn, nestling comfortably alongside leather, suede and sheepskin on the rails.
The seats were of the finest wine coloured leather, and the carpet was well-groomed sheepskin, shampooed to perfection.
When you lay a baby on the sheepskin, he or she still feels warmly held, and rests or plays more contentedly.
Place your baby on a firm mattress to sleep, never on a pillow, waterbed, sheepskin, or other soft surface.

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