sheepshearing
sheepshearing noun: the act of shearing sheep.
Noun
sheepshearing (countable and uncountable, plural sheepshearings)
- The act of shearing sheep.
- Perhaps the best thing about Ken Hannam's 1975 film about sheepshearing in central Australia in 1956 is that he doesn't try to impose too much structure on the action.1996 May 24, Fred Camper, “Sunday Too Far Away”, in Chicago Reader
- In another Epode (Epod. ii) he recalls his boyish memories in praise of country life: the vines wedded to poplars in the early spring, after that the sheepshearing, later still the grape-gathering and honey harvest; when winter comes, the hunting of the boar by day, at night the cheery meal with...1905, William Tuckwell, Horace
Forms of sheepshearing
| plural | sheepshearings |
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Origin of sheepshearing
From sheep + shearing.
Questions about sheepshearing
- What does sheepshearing mean?
- Sheepshearing means the act of shearing sheep.
- What part of speech is sheepshearing?
- Sheepshearing is a noun.
- What is the plural of sheepshearing?
- The plural of sheepshearing is sheepshearings.
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