shearing wool
11Wool bale — A wool bale is a standard sized nylon wool pack of wool compressed by the mechanical means of a wool press. This is the regulation required method of packaging for wool, to keep it uncontaminated and readily identifiable. A bale of wool is also… …
12wool — woollike, adj. /wool/, n. 1. the fine, soft, curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals, characterized by minute, overlapping surface scales that give it its felting property. 2. fabrics and garments of such wool. 3. yarn …
13wool — /wʊl / (say wool) noun 1. the fine, soft, curly hair, characterised by minute, overlapping surface scales, to which its felting property is mainly due, that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals, that of sheep constituting one of… …
14shearing stress — Shear Shear, n. [AS. sceara. See {Shear}, v. t.] 1. A pair of shears; now always used in the plural, but formerly also in the singular. See {Shears}. [1913 Webster] On his head came razor none, nor shear. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Short of the wool …
15wool clip — /ˈwʊl klɪp/ (say wool klip) noun the amount of wool yielded from the annual shearing season (by a station, district, etc.): *The talk ran on points of rain, the price fetched by the last wool clip, that bad crossing over the Fitzroy River; and… …
16wool scour — /ˈwʊl skaʊə/ (say wool skowuh) noun 1. a machine in which dirty wool is washed after shearing. 2. → wool wash (def. 1). Also, woolscour. –wool scouring, noun …
17wool wash — /ˈwʊl wɒʃ/ (say wool wosh) noun 1. Also, wool scour. a place for washing sheep before shearing, usually beside running water so that the water can be diverted for the purpose. 2. a mild soap used for washing wool or woollen garments. Also,… …
18shearing — UK [ˈʃɪərɪŋ] / US [ˈʃɪrɪŋ] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms shearing : singular shearing plural shearings the process of cutting the wool from sheep …
19Shearing — Shear Shear (sh[=e]r), v. t. [imp. {Sheared}or {Shore};p. p. {Sheared} or {Shorn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shearing}.] [OE. sheren, scheren, to shear, cut, shave, AS. sceran, scieran, scyran; akin to D. & G. scheren, Icel. skera, Dan. ski?re, Gr. ???.… …
20wool shears — /ˈwʊl ʃɪəz/ (say wool shearz) noun large shears specially designed for shearing sheep …
