This feminine noun denotes a rough garment made from sheep's wool or hide, typically worn by prophets, ascetics, or the destitute. In Hebrews 11:37, it appears in the catalog of sufferings endured by faithful witnesses who wandered in sheepskins and goatskins. The multilingual evidence uniformly identifies sheepskin (Spanish pieles de oveja, French/German Schaffell). Such rough clothing symbolized both voluntary poverty and social marginalization, marking the wearers as outside conventional society.