Definitions for shearling

shearling shear·ling

Spelling: [sheer-ling]
IPA: /ˈʃɪər lɪŋ/

Shearling is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 759 anagrams from letters in shearling (aeghilnrs).

Definitions for shearling

noun

  1. Chiefly British. a yearling sheep that has been shorn once.
  2. short wool pulled from such a sheep.
  3. the skin from a recently shorn sheep or lamb, tanned with the wool still on it.

Origin of shearling

First recorded in 1350-1400, shearling is from the Middle English word scherling. See shear, -ling1

Examples for shearling

Of the nine shearling ewes he “fed” for the Cambridge Show, he lost four, and only raised two or three lambs from the rest.

Urban shearling coats were worn with silk dresses printed with patterns inspired by aboriginal art.

He said his father was shepherd to a big farmer, who had sent him with two score of shearling ewes to get highland pasture.

The shearling tup is then a 2-shear tup, and the dinmont is a wether, but more correctly a 2-shear wether.

On the following night Viscount Birdsaye lost a shearling ram, for which he was reported to have paid a fabulous sum.

Word Value for shearling
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Words with friends

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