different between sheepskin vs wool

English

Etymology

sheep +? skin

Noun

sheepskin (countable and uncountable, plural sheepskins)

1. (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)

     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 […]

2. (US, countable) A diploma.
3. (countable or uncountable) The tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on, especially when used for clothing, rugs, etc.

Hyponyms

• skin

Translations

References

• OED

English

Etymology

From Middle English wolle, from Old English wull, from Proto-Germanic *wull? (cognate with Saterland Frisian Wulle, German Low German Wull, Dutch wol, German Wolle, Norwegian ull), from Proto-Indo-European *h?w??h?neh? (compare Welsh gwlân, Latin l?na, Lithuanian vìlna, Russian ?????? (vólos), Bulgarian ???? (vlas), Albanian lesh (“wool, hair, fleece”)). Doublet of lana.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /w?l/
• (General American) enPR: wo?ol, IPA^(key): /w?l/, [w???], [w??]
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

wool (usually uncountable, plural wools)

1. The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.
   • 2006, Nigel Guy Wilson, Ancient Greece, page 692

     The sheep were caught and plucked, because shears had not yet been invented to cut the wool from the sheep's back.

2. A cloth or yarn made from the wool of sheep.
3. Anything with a texture like that of wool.
   • 1975, Anthony Julian Huxley, Plant and Planet, page 223

     The groundsels have leaves covered in wool for insulation […]

4. A fine fiber obtained from the leaves of certain trees, such as firs and pines.
5. (obsolete) Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.
6. (Britain, New Zealand) yarn (including that which is made from synthetic fibers.)
7. (Liverpudlian) Derogatory term for residents of the satellite towns outside Liverpool, such as St Helens or Warrington. See also Yonner.

Hyponyms

• (cloth or yarn): felt, tweed, worsted

Coordinate terms

• (hair of sheep): goathair, horsehair, qiviut

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??? (?ru)

Translations

See also

• wool on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Cornish

Noun

wool

1. Soft mutation of gool.