shearing

[Shear·ing]

Removing by cutting off or clipping

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The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.

Noun
removing by cutting off or clipping


p. pr. & vb. n.
of Shear

n.
The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.

n.
The product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine; as, the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth.

n.
Same as Shearling.

n.
The act or operation of reaping.

n.
The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates.

n.
The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.

n.
The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.


Shearing

Shear"ing, n. 1. The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth. 2. The product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine; as, the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth. 3. Same as Shearling. Youatt. 4. The act or operation of reaping. [Scot.] 5. The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates. 6. The process of preparing shear steel; tilting. 7. (Mining) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal. Shearing machine. (a) A machine with blades, or rotary disks, for dividing plates or bars of metal. (b) A machine for shearing cloth.

The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.

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Usage Examples

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.

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