ˈshi(ə)rliŋ noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English scherling, from scheren, sheren to shear + -ling
1. chiefly Britain : a sheep that has produced one crop of wool : a one-year-old sheep
2.
a. : sheepskin or lambskin taken from recently sheared sheep ; especially : such skin tanned and dressed with the wool on
b. shearlings plural : short wool obtained by plucking from shearling skins