shearling

[ sheer-ling ]

/ ˈʃɪər lɪŋ /

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.

Nearby words

shearer, shearing, shearing gang, shearing shed, shearlegs, shearling, shears, shearwater, sheatfish, sheath, sheath knife

Origin of shearling

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

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Examples from the Web for shearling

Urban shearling coats were worn with silk dresses printed with patterns inspired by aboriginal art.
Rodarte Channels Australia In Fall Show for New York Fashion Week|Robin Givhan|February 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Of the nine shearling ewes he “fed” for the Cambridge Show, he lost four, and only raised two or three lambs from the rest.
A Walk from London to John O'Groat's|Elihu Burritt
On the following night Viscount Birdsaye lost a shearling ram, for which he was reported to have paid a fabulous sum.
Bob, Son of Battle|Alfred Ollivant
The shearling tup is then a 2-shear tup, and the dinmont is a wether, but more correctly a 2-shear wether.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 401, March 1849|Various

He said his father was shepherd to a big farmer, who had sent him with two score of shearling ewes to get highland pasture.
The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825|Gordon Sellar

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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