SHEARING

To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.

To remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping.

To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.

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

The material cut off in this way.

"the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth"

Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.

Tending to cut or tear.

A sheep that has been shorn for the first time

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."