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shorling

shorling noun: the skin of a sheep after the fleece is shorn off, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from the dead sheep.

Noun

shorling (plural shorlings)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) The 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 Realma. 1480, a statute, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
  2. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A sheep of the first year's shearing.
  3. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A person who is shorn; a shaveling.
  4. (UK, broadly, derogatory, dialectal, obsolete) A priest.

Forms of shorling

pluralshorlings

Questions about shorling

What does shorling mean?
Shorling means the skin of a sheep after the fleece is shorn off, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from the dead sheep.
What part of speech is shorling?
Shorling is a noun.
What is the plural of shorling?
The plural of shorling is shorlings.

Words near shorling in the dictionary

  1. shorinji kempo
  2. shorkie
  3. shorkies
  4. shorl
  5. Shorley
  6. shorling
  7. shorlings
  8. shorls
  9. shorn
  10. Shorncliffe
  11. Shorr

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