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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The skin of a sheep either tanned with the fleece left on or in the form of leather or parchment.
  2. n. Informal A diploma.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The skin of a sheep; especially, such a skin dressed or preserved with the wool on, and used as a garment in many parts of Europe, as by peasants, shepherds, etc. The skin of a sheep fastened to the end of a long stick is used in Australia for beating out bush-fires.
  2. n. Leather made from the skin of a sheep. See sheep, 2.
  3. n. A diploma, deed, or the like engrossed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep.

Wiktionary

  1. n. uncountable The skin of a sheep, especially when used to make parchment or in bookbinding
  2. n. US, countable A diploma
  3. n. countable The tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on, especially when used for clothing, rugs etc

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The skin of a sheep; or, leather prepared from it.
  2. n. College Cant A diploma; -- so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a document certifying the successful completion of a course of study
  2. n. tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing
  3. n. skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on

Etymologies

  1. sheep +‎ skin (Wiktionary)

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  • yarb Suddenly the young man became aware that she was comatose on the sheepskin cover.

    - Peter Reading, C, 1984 Aug 2, 2008

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