What is the difference between shearling and sheepskin?
shearling | sheepskin |
A sheep that has been shorn for the first time
* {{quote-book, 1853, David Low, On the Domesticated Animals of the British Isles, , page=97
, passage=They are rarely fattened when shearlings , the usual period being after they have lost their second fleece, and are wethers. }}
(chiefly, US) A sheepskin or lambskin that has gone through a limited shearing process so that the fibers are of uniform depth
(uncountable) The skin of a sheep, especially when used to make parchment or in bookbinding.
* 1891 , Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction (volume 17, page 137)
(US, countable) A diploma.
(countable) The tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on, especially when used for clothing, rugs, etc.
As nouns the difference between shearling and sheepskin
is that shearling is a sheep that has been shorn for the first time while sheepskin is (uncountable) the skin of a sheep, especially when used to make parchment or in bookbinding.shearling
English
Noun
(en noun)- Her coat was lined with shearling.
Coordinate terms
* roughy * clippy * wether * hogSee also
* (wikipedia "shearling")Anagrams
*sheepskin
English
Noun
- 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