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The skin of a sheep, especially when used to make parchment or in bookbinding.
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A diploma.
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The tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on, especially when used for clothing, rugs, etc.
Examples of sheepskins in a Sentence
Other manufactures consist of a strong coarse cotton cloth called kham (which forms the dress of the common people, and for winter wear is padded with cotton and quilted), boots and shoes, saddlery, felts, furs and sheepskins made up into cloaks, and various articles of domestic use.
Iannina had previously been one of the chief centres of the Thessalian grain trade; it now exports little except cheese, hides, bitumen and sheepskins to the annual value of about £120,000; the imports, which supply only the local demand for provisions, textile goods, hardware, &c., are worth about double that sum.
Its chief exports are oranges, millet, dra and other cereals, goat-hair and skins, sheepskins, wool and fullers' earth.
A considerable trade is carried on with Russia; raw cotton, raw silk, tobacco, hides, sheepskins, fruit and cotton and leather goods are exported, and manufactured wares, textiles, tea and sugar are imported and in part re-exported to Kashgaria and Bokhara.
Cheeses of ewe's milk, packed in sheepskins or bark, are in great demand.
Sundays and holidays bring out a sleeveless jacket, embroidered in red and gold; and both sexes wear sheepskins in cold weather.
Cheese, sardines, goats' skins and sheepskins are also exported.
During the cold months, both sexes wrap themselves in thick woollen coats or sheepskins, with the fleece inwards; both are also shod with corded sandals, called opanke.
I made her a covered bed lined with sheepskins but still felt sorry for her being out in the cold and sometimes rainy nights.
Made from high quality, tanned sheepskins with the wool trimmed to ½ " .
Plush, dense sheepskins are hand selected from the finest Australian sheep flocks and transformed into the highest quality leather by craftsman tanners.
Peasants wore sheepskins or garments of hide called /3aLTn or criavpa; slaves, who were required by custom to conceal their limbs as much as possible, wore a sleeved chiton and long hose.
Made from high quality, tanned sheepskins with the wool trimmed to ½ .
To prevent suffocation and reduce the likelihood of SIDS, remove all soft, loose and fluffy bedding from the baby's sleep area -- this includes pillows, quilts, comforters, bumper pads, sheepskins, stuffed toys and other soft products.