Shearing
of Shear
The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
The product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine; as, the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth.
Same as Shearling.
The act or operation of reaping.
The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates.
The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
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Shearing Translations
shearing in German is Schur
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