shorling

plural shorlings

1. UKdialectalobsoleteThe skin of a sheep after the fleece is shorn off, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from the dead sheep.

   a Statute made in the Third Year of the Reign of King Edward the Fourth, as relates to the buying or shipping of Wools or Wool-fells, Morling or Shorling, by Aliens or Strangers within the Realm

   a. 1480, a statute, (Please provide the book title or journal name)

2. UKdialectalobsoleteA sheep of the first year's shearing.
3. UKdialectalobsoleteA person who is shorn; a shaveling.
4. UKbroadlyderogatorydialectalobsoleteA priest.