shearling

[ sheer-ling ]

/ ˈʃɪər lɪŋ /

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noun

Chiefly British. a yearling sheep that has been shorn once.

short wool pulled from such a sheep.

the skin from a recently shorn sheep or lamb, tanned with the wool still on it.

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Origin of shearling

First recorded in 1350–1400, shearling is from the Middle English word scherling.See shear, -ling¹

Words nearby shearling

shear force, Shearing, shearing gang, shearing shed, shearlegs, shearling, shear modulus, shear pin, shears, shear strain, shear strength

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How to use shearling in a sentence

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On the following night Viscount Birdsaye lost a shearling ram, for which he was reported to have paid a fabulous sum.
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The shearling tup is then a 2-shear tup, and the dinmont is a wether, but more correctly a 2-shear wether.
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Of the nine shearling ewes he “fed” for the Cambridge Show, he lost four, and only raised two or three lambs from the rest.
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He said his father was shepherd to a big farmer, who had sent him with two score of shearling ewes to get highland pasture.
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British Dictionary definitions for shearling

shearling

/ (ˈʃɪəlɪŋ) /

noun

a young sheep after its first shearing

the skin of such an animal

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