Meanings
plural sheepskins
- uncountableThe skin of a sheep, especially an adult sheep, and especially when used to make parchment or in bookbinding.
Near-synonym: lambskin
1 more example
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 […]
1891, Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction, volume 17, page 137Synonyms: lambskin
- UScountableA 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;
1919, Henry Blake Fuller, chapter 32, in Bertram Cope’s Year, Chicago: R.F. Seymour, page 302
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe skin of a sheep, especially an adult sheep, and especially when used to make parchment or in bookbinding.
nounThe tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on, especially when used for clothing, rugs, etc.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna document certifying the successful completion of a course of study
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek μηλωτή
- μηλωτή (mēlōtḗ)skin of a sheep
Arabic حَوَر
- حَوَر (ḥawar)skin of a sheep
Bulgarian овча кожа
- овча кожа (ovča koža)skin of a sheep
Catalan badana
- badanaskin of a sheep
Chinese Cantonese 羊皮
- 羊皮 (joeng⁴ pei⁴)skin of a sheep
Chinese Mandarin 羊皮
- 羊皮 (yángpí)skin of a sheep
Esperanto ŝafofelo
- ŝafofeloskin of a sheep
Finnish lampaannahka
- lampaannahkaskin of a sheep
French peau de mouton
- peau de moutonskin of a sheep
German Schafspelz, Schaffell
- Schafspelzskin of a sheep
- Schaffellskin of a sheep
- Schafsfellskin of a sheep
- Schaflederskin of a sheep
- Schafslederskin of a sheep
Greek μηλωτή
- μηλωτή (milotí)skin of a sheep
Japanese 羊の毛皮
- 羊の毛皮 (hitsuji no kegawa)skin of a sheep
Latin mastrūca
- mastrūcaskin of a sheep
Māori kiri hipi
- kiri hipiskin of a sheep
Persian پوستین, وت
- پوستین (pustin)skin of a sheep
- وت (vat)skin of a sheep
Polish baran, baranica
- baranskin of a sheep
- baranicaskin of a sheep
Portuguese pele de ovelha
- pele de ovelhaskin of a sheep
Russian овчи́на, ове́чья шку́ра
- овчи́на (ovčína)skin of a sheep
- ове́чья шку́ра (ovéčʹja škúra)skin of a sheep
Spanish carnero, badana
- carneroskin of a sheep
- badanaskin of a sheep
- zaleaskin of a sheep
- piel de ovejaskin of a sheep
Swedish fårskinn
- fårskinnskin of a sheep
Turkish koyun derisi
- koyun derisiskin of a sheep
Cite this entry
sheepskin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheepskin
“sheepskin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheepskin. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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