shears

/ ʃɪəz /

plural noun

1. 1. large scissors, as for cutting cloth, jointing poultry, etc
   2. a large scissor-like and usually hand-held cutting tool with flat blades, as for cutting hedges
2. any of various analogous cutting or clipping implements or machines
3. short for sheerlegs
4. off the shears informal.
   (of a sheep) newly shorn

Example Sentences

That means buying fresh lobsters from your local market, boiling them and using kitchen shears to slice their shells from head to tail.

From Salon

"I get the sheep shears on it for a mullet," she said.

From BBC

“I can’t imagine how frightened those horses must have been,” Brad said as he cropped the grass tightly around the marble stone with garden shears.

From Los Angeles Times

As our planet’s atmosphere warms, wind shears — variations in wind direction or speed — within jet streams are increasing and therefore strengthening clear-air turbulence.

From Seattle Times

In the salvage yard Monday morning, workers disassembled the metal trusses by attacking them with propane torches and a pair of giant shears that sliced them into more manageable pieces.

From Seattle Times