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shearlings

shearlings is the plural of shearling.

Meaning of shearling

Noun

shearling (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. (US) 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.

Questions about shearlings

What is shearlings the plural of?
Shearlings is the plural of shearling.

Words near shearlings in the dictionary

  1. shearlets
  2. shearlike
  3. shearline
  4. shearlines
  5. shearling
  6. shearlings
  7. shearman
  8. Shearmans
  9. shearmen
  10. shearn
  11. Shearns

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