sheepshearing

American  

[sheep-sheer-ing] / ˈʃipˌʃɪər ɪŋ /

noun

1. an act or instance of shearing sheep.

2. the time or season of shearing sheep.

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sheepshearing British  

/ ˈʃiːpˌʃɪərɪŋ /

noun

1. the act or process of shearing sheep

2. the season or an occasion of shearing sheep

3. a feast held on such an occasion

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Other Word Forms

• sheepshearer noun

Etymology

Origin of sheepshearing

1580–90; sheep + shear ( def. ) + -ing ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

“Even doing normal isn’t normal,” said Amy Holson-Schwartz, 37, who took her family to an annual sheepshearing event on a farm in Vermont that was canceled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

From Seattle Times

The layover allowed for optional adventures such as a flight to scenic Milford Sound or a van ride to nearby Queenstown for jet boating, bungee jumping or sheepshearing.

From Washington Post

At Te Kuiti High School, he was a reluctant student given to taking time off to help his father with sheepshearing and other tasks.

From New York Times

Loopy, lovely and almost impossibly good-humored, it whisks kids and their caregivers away to Bohemia and plunks them down in the midst of a sheepshearing festival.

From New York Times

Their largely rural life — the barefoot kids, the sheepshearing, the vegetarian cooking — was filled with a great deal of what seems like genuine and dog-hair-covered happiness.

From New York Times