sheepskin

[ sheep-skin ]

/ ˈʃipˌskɪn /

the skin of a sheep, especially such a skin dressed with the wool on, as for a garment.

leather, parchment, or the like, made from the skin of sheep.

Informal. a diploma.

made from the skin of a sheep.

(of a garment) lined with the skin of a sheep dressed with the wool on.

Origin of sheepskin

First recorded in 1150–1200, sheepskin is from the Middle English word shepskinn. See sheep, skin

So where might the next Carol Bartz or Jeff Bezos get their sheepskin?

Tech's 29 Most Powerful Colleges |Thomas E. Weber |May 3, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
One of his daughters, enveloped in a sheepskin coat, was sent to a neighbor's house to borrow a hat.

The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories |Leo Tolstoi
Then he asked her could she bring a sheepskin to the market and bring back the price of it, and the skin itself as well.

The Kiltartan History Book |Lady I. A. Gregory
But what word can I find to express the annoyance and trouble given us by a small Pope in sheepskin?

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 147, August 12, 1914 |Various

In the winter they used to put a sheepskin in for her, and every day a piece of bread and a jug of water.

The Possessed |Fyodor Dostoevsky
So they pushed open the door and entered a square room bound in sheepskin with red-and-black labels.

The Seven Darlings |Gouverneur Morris

sheepskin

/ (ˈʃiːpˌskɪn) /

the skin of a sheep, esp when used for clothing, etc, or with the fleece removed and used for parchment
(as modifier)a sheepskin coat