wool clip

American  

noun

1. the total yield of wool shorn during one season from the sheep of a particular region.

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wool clip British  

noun

1. the total amount of wool shorn from a particular flock, or from flocks in a particular region or country, in one year

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Etymology

Origin of wool clip

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

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wool clip

South Africa sent Germany its wool clip for three years before realizing the locomotives, etc. promised in payment were never going to arrive.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since Great Britain has already bought all Uruguay's 1941 wool clip, the Uruguayan loan is indirect aid to Britain.

From Time Magazine Archive

On farms, Jan., 1884: Sheep, 671,226; swine, 424,626: annual wool clip, 2,000,000 lbs.

From Alden's Handy Atlas of the World by Alden, John B.

There are but few woolen manufactories in Michigan, and the most of the wool clip of this State is purchased by Eastern manufacturers.

From Old Mackinaw The Fortress of the Lakes and its Surroundings by Strickland, W. P. (William Peter)

Not far from one hundred million dollars' worth of wool and mutton are exported yearly, and much of the wool clip is a fine grade of merino.

From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Gilson, Jewett Castello