woolshed

American  

[wool-shed] / ˈwʊlˌʃɛd /

noun

1. a building in which sheep are sheared and wool is gathered and prepared for market.

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woolshed British  

/ ˈwʊlˌʃɛd /

noun

1. a shearing shed

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Etymology

Origin of woolshed

First recorded in 1840–50; wool + shed ¹

Example Sentences

Many wild tales are told of woolshed rows.

From Shearing in the Riverina by Boldrewood, Rolf

The woolshed, the washpen, and all the huts connected with them are lone and voiceless as caravanserais in a city of the plague.

From Shearing in the Riverina by Boldrewood, Rolf

In ten minutes the vast woolshed, lately echoing with the ceaseless click of the shears, the jests, the songs, the oaths of the rude congregation, was silent and deserted.

From Shearing in the Riverina by Boldrewood, Rolf

The body of the woolshed, floored with battens placed half an inch apart, is filled with the woolly victims.

From Shearing in the Riverina by Boldrewood, Rolf

Plant costs nothing, improvements nothing—no woolshed is needed, there are no shearers to pay, and no carriage to market, for the bullock walks himself down to his doom.

From Three Elephant Power and Other Stories by Paterson, A. B. (Andrew Barton)