lambs'-skin

Updated: July 26, 2025

From Spain comes the Merino, so celebrated for the quality of its wool; while in Astracan and other Oriental countries there is a breed, the lambs of which furnish the well-known Astracan lambs'-skin, one of the most beautiful and valuable of furs.

Mayne Reid - Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found: A Book of Zoology for Boys