Sheepshearing

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of shearing sheep. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    act of shearing sheep wordnet
  3. 3
    a festival held at the time sheep are normally sheared wordnet
  4. 4
    the time or season when sheep are sheared wordnet

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From sheep + shearing.

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