- wool shears
- wool shears plural nounShears used in shearing sheep• • •Main Entry: ↑wool
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wool shears — /ˈwʊl ʃɪəz/ (say wool shearz) noun large shears specially designed for shearing sheep …
Wool — is the fiber derived from the specialized skin cells, called follicles, [Australian Wool Corporation, Australian Wool Classing, Raw Wool Services, 1990] of animals in the Caprinae family, principally sheep, but the hair of certain species of… … Wikipedia
Sheep shears — Sheep Sheep, n. sing. & pl. [OE. shep, scheep, AS. sc?p, sce[ a]p; akin to OFries. sk?p, LG. & D. schaap, G. schaf, OHG. sc[=a]f, Skr. ch[=a]ga. [root]295. Cf. {Sheepherd}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sheep's-wool — Sheep Sheep, n. sing. & pl. [OE. shep, scheep, AS. sc?p, sce[ a]p; akin to OFries. sk?p, LG. & D. schaap, G. schaf, OHG. sc[=a]f, Skr. ch[=a]ga. [root]295. Cf. {Sheepherd}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Click Go the Shears — Tom Roberts: Shearing the Rams (1890) A set of blade … Wikipedia
Golden Shears — The Golden Shears Championship is New Zealand s most important sheep shearing contest.It is held in March each year in Masterton.First held in 1961, there are now several levels of competition in shearing, wool handling and wool pressing.The… … Wikipedia
sheep shears — clippers, usually electric, used to cut the wool from the sheep … Combined glossary of agriculture
Scissors — are hand operated cutting instruments consisting of a pair of metal blades connected in such a way that the blades meet and cut materials placed between them when the handles are brought together. They are used for cutting various thin materials … Wikipedia
Sheep shearing — Sheep shearing, shearing or clipping is the process by which the woollen fleece of a sheep is cut off. The person who removes the sheep s wool is called a shearer . Typically each adult sheep is shorn once each year (a sheep may be said to have… … Wikipedia
Mulesing — is a skilled surgical task[1] that involves the removal of strips of wool bearing skin from around the breech (buttocks) of a sheep to prevent flystrike (myiasis) in regions where it is common.[2] Mulesing is common practice in Australia as a way … Wikipedia
