"shearling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shearlings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English scherling; equivalent to shear + -ling. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|scherling}} Middle English scherling, {{suffix|en|shear|ling}} shear + -ling Head templates: {{en-noun}} shearling (plural shearlings)
  1. A sheep that has been shorn for the first time
    Sense id: en-shearling-en-noun-dQRo6Mdt
  2. (chiefly US) A sheepskin or lambskin that has gone through a limited shearing process so that the fibers are of uniform depth Tags: US Categories (topical): Hides Categories (lifeform): Sheep
    Sense id: en-shearling-en-noun-SeNj4f0~ Disambiguation of Hides: 18 82 Disambiguation of Sheep: 41 59 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ling, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ling: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: roughy, clippy, wether, hog

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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