capeskin

cape·skin

C0083600 (kāp′skĭn′)n. Soft leather made from sheepskin, used especially for gloves.
[After the Cape ofGood Hope (from the fact that it is traditionally made from the skins of South African sheep).]

capeskin

(ˈkeɪpˌskɪn) n (Tanning) a soft leather obtained from the skins of a type of lamb or sheep having hairlike wooladj (Tanning) made of this leather[C19: named after the Cape of Good Hope]

cape•skin

(ˈkeɪpˌskɪn)

n. a light, pliable leather of lambskin or sheepskin and used esp. for gloves. [1910–15; Cape of Good Hope]