SHEARLING


Meaning of SHEARLING in English

/shear"ling/ , n.

1. Chiefly Brit. a yearling sheep that has been shorn once.

2. short wool pulled from such a sheep.

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

[ 1350-1400; ME scherling. See SHEAR, -LING 1 ]

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