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shearling definition

shear·ling (-liŋ)

noun

  1. a sheep that has been sheared once, usually a yearling
  2. tanned sheepskin or lambskin from an animal killed not long after being sheared

Etymology: see shear & -ling

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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