shearling

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noun

A sheep that has been shorn for the first time

“Her coat was lined with shearling.”

Less commonScrabble 13

Meanings

nounshearling (plural shearlings)

plural shearlings

  1. A sheep that has been shorn for the first time

    They are rarely fattened when shearlings, the usual period being after they have lost their second fleece, and are wethers.

    1853, David Low, On the Domesticated Animals of the British Isles, page 97
  2. USA 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.

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Origin

  1. Middle Englishscherling
  2. Englishshearling

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

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Chicago

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