Shearing

Tom is shearing the sheep.

I am shearing the ewe.

I am shearing the sheep.

You are shearing the sheep, aren't you?

He is shearing the sheep.

She is shearing the sheep.

Mary is shearing the sheep.

We are shearing the sheep.

They are shearing the sheep.

Sheep need to be kept dry for two days before shearing to enable the fleece to be removed and pressed once the sheep have been shorn.

the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth

When male sheep have been castrated , they are termed — from the period of weaning to that of shearing — wether , or wedder or shear hogs or tegs, then shearings , shearlings , dinmonts , & c .

the shearing of metal plates