Etymology

shearling

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Today it means: A sheep that has been shorn for the first time Full definition →

Middle English scherling
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromscherling
  2. English todayshearling

From Middle English scherling; equivalent to shear + -ling.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.