SHEARLING


Meaning of SHEARLING in English

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

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