Shearling Definition

shîrlĭng
noun
A sheep that has been sheared once, usually a yearling.
Webster's New World
Tanned sheepskin or lambskin from an animal killed not long after being sheared.
Webster's New World
A synthetic material that resembles shearling.
American Heritage

(chiefly US) A sheepskin or lambskin that has gone through a limited shearing process so that the fibers are of uniform depth.

Her coat was lined with shearling.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Shearling

Noun

Singular:
shearling
Plural:
shearlings

Origin of Shearling

  • shear +"Ž -ling

    From Wiktionary

Shearling Sentence Examples

  • In August the ewes are culled and the flock made up to its full numbers by selected shearling ewes.

  • The Female trade was fuelled by demand from the commercial sector with shearling ewes being in strong demand up £ 30 on 2000.

  • The Woodlands Flock was started in 2004 with the purchase of 8 pedigree shearling ewes from Mr Frank Martin's Humby Flock.

  • Messrs Bowman went on to have an overall sale average of £ 747 for 10 shearling rams.

  • The show ring is packed with the huge shearling ram class watched by a full ringside.

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