What's the difference between lambskin and sheepskin?

Lambskin


Definition:

  • (n.) The skin of a lamb; especially, a skin dressed with the wool on, and used as a mat. Also used adjectively.
  • (n.) A kind of woolen.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Tbh we'd normally be like yawn, energy + Northern = major boringsnoringness but Mummy is right, some of the bribe money has to end up as luxe goods, more if Bolesy can fix the planners *crosses fingers* which would be marv because she still 1,000 statement candelabras to shift from Christmas plus I am so excited for these adorbs Shopping & Fracking notebooks, cobalt lambskin & gold letters, I ordered the minute Dave said shale was going to be a thing?
  • (2) So what a great way to sell our new range of ‘love eggs’, old-style lambskin Trojans and nipple tassles made of chicken feathers.” Three Days To A New You “Decléor, Elemis, it’s a bloody bidding war!” crows a missive regarding the new beauty pitch, whereby women will be encouraged to have three full days of “pampering treatments” – moustache waxing, deep tissue massage and weight-loss body wraps (in a cave, ideally, if the salon has got one).
  • (3) Regular vacuuming of the lambskin greatly reduces the mite population on it, but cannot prevent recolonization from adjacent areas.
  • (4) A study of dust mite populations in infant-use lambskin and other bedding has showm more mites present in the latter.
  • (5) Mosquitoes were allowed to feed on the dogs or the lambskin-membranes and were observed for death at 24 and 48 h post-feeding.
  • (6) quadrimaculatus were fed on lambskin-membranes containing blood drawn from one dog in each treatment group.
  • (7) The highest 2 dosages produced 100% mosquito mortality at 48 h post-feeding from either a dog or the in vitro system using a lambskin-membrane.

Sheepskin


Definition:

  • (n.) The skin of a sheep; or, leather prepared from it.
  • (n.) A diploma; -- so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) His dad runs a financial trading company and his mum has a business selling leather coats and sheepskin products.
  • (2) The high mean number in sheepskins is the result of massively high populations in seven of the eighteen skins sampled.
  • (3) Inspired by the traditional architecture of Polish summer houses, or datchas , the owners have kitted out the apartments with real flair: rustic wooden furniture, sheepskin throws, woodburning stoves, luxury bedlinen and bathrooms.
  • (4) The most popular aids used for the relief of pressure areas included synthetic sheepskin pads (supplied to 46.2% of the affected patients) and ripple mattresses (supplied to 28.8% of the affected patients).
  • (5) Three other infants had been placed on sheepskin rugs for the first time and were found dead shortly thereafter.
  • (6) Hospital sheepskins were almost almost uniformly mite free.
  • (7) Her house is cluttered with books, throws, sheepskin rugs and a black and white cat called Yum-Yum ("after the Mikado") whose smell is everywhere.
  • (8) Beds are inflatable mattresses with sheepskin rugs, and guests chop their own wood and pick their own blueberries.
  • (9) The dermal collagen fibre-mesh of sheepskin was purified by a proteolytic enzyme treatment after which the skins were split, providing a split-skin graft corresponding to the reticular layer of the dermis.
  • (10) The effect of protecting the breast with sheepskin was significant at the 95% level of confidence in reducing incidence of breast blisters.
  • (11) The "moods" for the season are in synergy with the catwalk, yet given deliberately non-fashionista names: so the 1960s retro trend, which includes a short, belted pale-blue coat (£99) very similar to a Gucci version and a cracked patent jacket with square sheepskin collar (£89) which nods deeply to the Louis Vuitton catwalk, is dubbed "Downtown."
  • (12) The space boot and foam heel protectors were far more successful than sheepskin rugs or polyester heel protectors, which provided little protection to the prominent heel.
  • (13) The mean number of mites recovered from nursery sheepskins (all woollen) was thirteen times as high as the mean number from other forms of adult or infant bedding sampled.
  • (14) The at-risk older patient must immediately be placed on a supersoft support, with heels protected with sheepskin boots.
  • (15) In search of a biological mesh-prosthesis, sheepskin was processed according to established methods in the manufacture of leather.
  • (16) It teems with locals buying blankets, headscarves and spices and tourists browsing the lutes, sheepskin hats and replica daggers.
  • (17) Mulberry had fun with storybooks, English boarding school japes and a pooch on the catwalk wearing the label's most luxurious dog-wear to date, a sheepskin-trimmed and padded parka jacket; Anya Hindmarch themed her collection on Quality Street wrappers, provided a tea trolley and rode a bicycle.
  • (18) Its brand-new sister chalet, Chamois Lodge, sleeping nine, is available for £9,335 for the week starting 7 April, and has "witty, mountain chic decor" with cowhide rugs, sheepskins, antiques and art, and a hot tub.
  • (19) However the protection afforded is no more than 90%, and even less if the condom is made of sheepskin.
  • (20) The too-clean models look straight out of central casting, with their scarves, sheepskins and surly, stoned expressions.

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