sheepskinn.

Forms: Also sheep's skin.

Etymology: Compare North Frisian sjappskann.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsheepskin.

a. The skin of a sheep; esp. one used as a garment or in the making of a garment.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > other

netOE

sheepskinc1175

tail1297

panec1300

slipc1440

cukera1500

peak1509

waist1590

bumbarrel1609

winglet1611

armhole1731

fullness1792

stride1807

bottom1820

patte1835

buckling1861

ventilator1870

tie-back1880

shield1884

organ pleat1886

outer1904

flarea1910

uplift1929

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > [noun] > skin of sheep

sheepskinc1175

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > of sheep

sheepskinc1175

wool-fell1422

woolskinc1440

mouton1950

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > skin > skin used as a garment

bearskinOE

sheepskin1470–85

pelt1565

nebris1776

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3210 Hiss girrdell wass off shepess skinn.

c1440 J. Lydgate Horse, Goose & Sheep 365 Ther is also made of sheepis skyn, Pilchis & glovis.

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 214 Þise schepysskynnes wyth whiche I am wryed were scheep þat I took wrongfully of a wydewe.

?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.i^v A shepes skyne of a wether.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Heb. xi. 37 Other..walked vppe and doune in shepes skynnes [Rheims, A.V. sheep-skinnes].

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. K One time shee slept in a sheepes skinne all night.

1738 in J. Colville Ochtertyre House Bk. of Accomps (1907) 122 For a sheeps skine for the mill .007.

1411 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 86 j. shepskyn, jd.1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur i. xvii. 62 He was al be furred in black shepe skynnes.1562–3 Act 5 Eliz. c. 22 §1 To..take away the Wooll of any Shepe skinne or Lambe skinne.1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. i. 111 Is parchment made of sheep-skinnes?1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) ii. iii. 91 Sheepskins to make Spunges.1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. xli. 149 They promiscuously slept on the ground, perhaps on a sheep-skin.1850 W. Irving Mahomet (1853) xviii. 81 Garb of coarse woollen patched with sheepskin.1896 J. M. Barrie Sentimental Tommy ii The floor was bare save for a sheepskin beside the bed.

b. in military use.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > covers for guns

hammer stall1802

sheepskin1802

gun apron1876

1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. at Skin Sheep skins are made use of to cover the mortars or howitzers between firing.

1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. iii. 106 Draw back the sheepskin and shabraque.

1871 Daily News 7 Sept. The artillery..were the first to lay their sheepskins aside.

c. A coat made of sheepskin.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > made of specific material

skin coat1533

buff1598

buff coat1633

hair-camlet1676

duffel1852

Guernsey coat1859

rabbit1877

polo coat1880

lammy coat1916

sheepskin1917

teddy bear1925

ranch mink1934

Persian1957

Persian lamb1959

leathers1962

leopard1973

Afghan1974

sable1975

squirrel1978

1917 W. J. Locke Red Planet xxi. 270 From the shapeless tam-o'-shanter to the huge boots..[he] was caked in mud. Over a filthy sheepskin were slung all kinds of paraphernalia.

1977 A. Scholefield Venom ii. 83 The policeman made no reply, hunching down again in his sheepskin.

a. The skin of sheep used for parchment, for the making of drumheads, in bookbinding, etc.

ΚΠ

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 44 Betere may ech man rede þe ilke zenne, and þe oþre ine þe boc of his inwyt þanne ine ane ssepes scinne.

c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1014 We stowpe and stare vp-on þe shepes skyn, And keepe muste our song and wordes in.

1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 176 He had to sell..Remissioun of sinnis, in auld scheip skinnis.1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. D3 Poore shipskin how it braules with him that beateth it. a1627 T. Middleton No Wit (1657) iv. 90 When did you ere see a Gentleman set his hand to any thing, unless it were to a sheep-skin, and receive a hundred pound for his pains.1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 25 I'll find a slip of sheep-skin that will do his business.1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxxii. 311 Where some wise..conveyancer yet toils for the entanglement of real estate in meshes of sheepskin, in the average ratio of about a dozen of sheep to an acre of land.1870 Daily News 9 Sept. 5 The music of the sheepskin and the trumpets.

b. U.S. slang. A parchment diploma received on taking a degree; the holder of such a diploma.

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society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > [noun] > diploma

diplomaa1658

sheepskin1843

Dip1895

1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. xxi. 203 This apostul of ourn..never rubbed his back agin a collige, nor toted about no sheepskins.

1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. xxi. 203 I can say as well as the best on them sheepskins, if you don't git relijn..you'll be lost, teetotally.

1887 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Aug. 299 He has won his sheep-skin; he has, perchance, gained signal honors in his university course.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as sheepskin-clad, sheepskin-lined adj.; sheepskin-gatherer.

ΚΠ

1643 in Archaeologia (1890) 52 141 A fell monger or Sheepe skin gatherer.

1879 R. Browning Ivan Ivanovitch in Idyls I. Dramatic Idyls 63 About him, watched the work his neighbours sheepskin-clad.

1950 C. Edwards in McCall's Mag. Mar. 68/3 A pair of sheepskin-lined slippers.

1980 Country Life 3 July 56/1 The del is the colourful Mongolian dress... Winter dels are sheepskin-lined (a man's del can require up to 40 lambskins).

C2. attributive passing into adj. Made or consisting of sheepskin or parchment; written on parchment.

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society > communication > writing > written text > writing on specific things > [adjective] > written on parchment

sheepskin1602

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > [adjective] > made of skin or hide of specific animals

buckskin1565

buffle1577

sheepskin1602

oxhide?1609

goatskin?1614

hogskin1658

cowhide1823

goat1833

parfleche1845

shagreened1847

pigskin1855

alligator1861

lizard-skin1895

parfleched1940

1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. F3^v This shipskin-cap shall be put off.

1608 T. Middleton Familie of Love (new ed.) iii. sig. D2 Wolues that in sheep-skin bands, Pray on the harts to ioyne th' vnwilling hands.

1624 J. Taylor Pastorall C 3 b So doth a sheepe-skin Bond make money breed.

1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 83 Purifying crude mercury..by passing it through sheep-skin..leather.

1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate i A couple of sheep-skin bags, full of parchment and papers.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xii. 192 To put the sheepskin mat on the stern gratings of my gig.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vii. v. 358 A sheepskin drum.

1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets vi. 26 A sheepskin Act of Parliament.

1917 Harrods Catal. 763/1 Sheepskin rugs 35/0 to 120/0.

1936 ‘J. Tey’ Shilling for Candles xxvi. 278 An atmosphere of marble mantlepieces and sheepskin rugs.

1976 J. Bingham God's Defector vi. 73 In front of the dressing-table was a white sheepskin rug.

Derivatives

ˈsheepskinned adj. clothed in sheepskin (in quot. 1628 with reference to Matthew vii. 15).

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing specific material

woolwardc1315

under line (occasionally in line)c1330

fox-furred1592

furred1592

tuftaffeta1598

tissued?16..

satin1603

silk1603

russet1604

tuftaffety1612

plush1615

sericated1623

sheepskinned1628

silken1640

lawny1647

plushed1650

satined1652

harden1654

sackclotheda1656

bearskinned1694

well-furred?1707

furry1717

brocaded1767

flannelled1784

lawned1798

buckskinned1829

corduroyed1832

silked1837

silkened1841

friezy1849

fustianed1849

velveted1850

buffed1863

buckramed1880

craped1880

crapy1891

velveteened1896

mohaired1914

tweeded1921

tweedy1923

leather1961

1628 W. Prynne Briefe Suruay Mr. Cozens 2 That some should..watch against deuout and sheepe-skind Wolues.

1879 H. S. Edwards Russians I. 202 Their sheep-skinned persons.

1889 ‘F. Anstey’ Pariah i. i Whenever one of the fly-horses..shook his long-suffering and sheepskinned head.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sheepskin
释义	sheepskinn. Forms: Also sheep's skin. Etymology: Compare North Frisian sjappskann.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsheepskin. 1. a. The skin of a sheep; esp. one used as a garment or in the making of a garment. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > other netOE sheepskinc1175 tail1297 panec1300 slipc1440 cukera1500 peak1509 waist1590 bumbarrel1609 winglet1611 armhole1731 fullness1792 stride1807 bottom1820 patte1835 buckling1861 ventilator1870 tie-back1880 shield1884 organ pleat1886 outer1904 flarea1910 uplift1929 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > [noun] > skin of sheep sheepskinc1175 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > of sheep sheepskinc1175 wool-fell1422 woolskinc1440 mouton1950 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > skin > skin used as a garment bearskinOE sheepskin1470–85 pelt1565 nebris1776 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3210 Hiss girrdell wass off shepess skinn. c1440 J. Lydgate Horse, Goose & Sheep 365 Ther is also made of sheepis skyn, Pilchis & glovis. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 214 Þise schepysskynnes wyth whiche I am wryed were scheep þat I took wrongfully of a wydewe. ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.i^v A shepes skyne of a wether. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Heb. xi. 37 Other..walked vppe and doune in shepes skynnes [Rheims, A.V. sheep-skinnes]. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. K One time shee slept in a sheepes skinne all night. 1738 in J. Colville Ochtertyre House Bk. of Accomps (1907) 122 For a sheeps skine for the mill .007. 1411 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 86 j. shepskyn, jd.1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur i. xvii. 62 He was al be furred in black shepe skynnes.1562–3 Act 5 Eliz. c. 22 §1 To..take away the Wooll of any Shepe skinne or Lambe skinne.1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. i. 111 Is parchment made of sheep-skinnes?1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) ii. iii. 91 Sheepskins to make Spunges.1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. xli. 149 They promiscuously slept on the ground, perhaps on a sheep-skin.1850 W. Irving Mahomet (1853) xviii. 81 Garb of coarse woollen patched with sheepskin.1896 J. M. Barrie Sentimental Tommy ii The floor was bare save for a sheepskin beside the bed. b. in military use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > covers for guns hammer stall1802 sheepskin1802 gun apron1876 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. at Skin Sheep skins are made use of to cover the mortars or howitzers between firing. 1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. iii. 106 Draw back the sheepskin and shabraque. 1871 Daily News 7 Sept. The artillery..were the first to lay their sheepskins aside. c. A coat made of sheepskin. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > made of specific material skin coat1533 buff1598 buff coat1633 hair-camlet1676 duffel1852 Guernsey coat1859 rabbit1877 polo coat1880 lammy coat1916 sheepskin1917 teddy bear1925 ranch mink1934 Persian1957 Persian lamb1959 leathers1962 leopard1973 Afghan1974 sable1975 squirrel1978 1917 W. J. Locke Red Planet xxi. 270 From the shapeless tam-o'-shanter to the huge boots..[he] was caked in mud. Over a filthy sheepskin were slung all kinds of paraphernalia. 1977 A. Scholefield Venom ii. 83 The policeman made no reply, hunching down again in his sheepskin. 2. a. The skin of sheep used for parchment, for the making of drumheads, in bookbinding, etc. ΚΠ 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 44 Betere may ech man rede þe ilke zenne, and þe oþre ine þe boc of his inwyt þanne ine ane ssepes scinne. c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1014 We stowpe and stare vp-on þe shepes skyn, And keepe muste our song and wordes in. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 176 He had to sell..Remissioun of sinnis, in auld scheip skinnis.1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. D3 Poore shipskin how it braules with him that beateth it. View more context for this quotationa1627 T. Middleton No Wit (1657) iv. 90 When did you ere see a Gentleman set his hand to any thing, unless it were to a sheep-skin, and receive a hundred pound for his pains.1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 25 I'll find a slip of sheep-skin that will do his business.1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxxii. 311 Where some wise..conveyancer yet toils for the entanglement of real estate in meshes of sheepskin, in the average ratio of about a dozen of sheep to an acre of land.1870 Daily News 9 Sept. 5 The music of the sheepskin and the trumpets. b. U.S. slang. A parchment diploma received on taking a degree; the holder of such a diploma. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > [noun] > diploma diplomaa1658 sheepskin1843 Dip1895 1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. xxi. 203 This apostul of ourn..never rubbed his back agin a collige, nor toted about no sheepskins. 1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. xxi. 203 I can say as well as the best on them sheepskins, if you don't git relijn..you'll be lost, teetotally. 1887 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Aug. 299 He has won his sheep-skin; he has, perchance, gained signal honors in his university course. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as sheepskin-clad, sheepskin-lined adj.; sheepskin-gatherer. ΚΠ 1643 in Archaeologia (1890) 52 141 A fell monger or Sheepe skin gatherer. 1879 R. Browning Ivan Ivanovitch in Idyls I. Dramatic Idyls 63 About him, watched the work his neighbours sheepskin-clad. 1950 C. Edwards in McCall's Mag. Mar. 68/3 A pair of sheepskin-lined slippers. 1980 Country Life 3 July 56/1 The del is the colourful Mongolian dress... Winter dels are sheepskin-lined (a man's del can require up to 40 lambskins). C2. attributive passing into adj. Made or consisting of sheepskin or parchment; written on parchment. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > writing on specific things > [adjective] > written on parchment sheepskin1602 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > [adjective] > made of skin or hide of specific animals buckskin1565 buffle1577 sheepskin1602 oxhide?1609 goatskin?1614 hogskin1658 cowhide1823 goat1833 parfleche1845 shagreened1847 pigskin1855 alligator1861 lizard-skin1895 parfleched1940 1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. F3^v This shipskin-cap shall be put off. 1608 T. Middleton Familie of Love (new ed.) iii. sig. D2 Wolues that in sheep-skin bands, Pray on the harts to ioyne th' vnwilling hands. 1624 J. Taylor Pastorall C 3 b So doth a sheepe-skin Bond make money breed. 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 83 Purifying crude mercury..by passing it through sheep-skin..leather. 1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate i A couple of sheep-skin bags, full of parchment and papers. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xii. 192 To put the sheepskin mat on the stern gratings of my gig. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vii. v. 358 A sheepskin drum. 1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets vi. 26 A sheepskin Act of Parliament. 1917 Harrods Catal. 763/1 Sheepskin rugs 35/0 to 120/0. 1936 ‘J. Tey’ Shilling for Candles xxvi. 278 An atmosphere of marble mantlepieces and sheepskin rugs. 1976 J. Bingham God's Defector vi. 73 In front of the dressing-table was a white sheepskin rug. Derivatives ˈsheepskinned adj. clothed in sheepskin (in quot. 1628 with reference to Matthew vii. 15). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing specific material woolwardc1315 under line (occasionally in line)c1330 fox-furred1592 furred1592 tuftaffeta1598 tissued?16.. satin1603 silk1603 russet1604 tuftaffety1612 plush1615 sericated1623 sheepskinned1628 silken1640 lawny1647 plushed1650 satined1652 harden1654 sackclotheda1656 bearskinned1694 well-furred?1707 furry1717 brocaded1767 flannelled1784 lawned1798 buckskinned1829 corduroyed1832 silked1837 silkened1841 friezy1849 fustianed1849 velveted1850 buffed1863 buckramed1880 craped1880 crapy1891 velveteened1896 mohaired1914 tweeded1921 tweedy1923 leather1961 1628 W. Prynne Briefe Suruay Mr. Cozens 2 That some should..watch against deuout and sheepe-skind Wolues. 1879 H. S. Edwards Russians I. 202 Their sheep-skinned persons. 1889 ‘F. Anstey’ Pariah i. i Whenever one of the fly-horses..shook his long-suffering and sheepskinned head. 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