sheepshearing

[ sheep-sheer-ing ]

noun

1. an act or instance of shearing sheep.
2. the time or season of shearing sheep.

sheepshearing

/ ˈʃiːpˌʃɪərɪŋ /

noun

1. the act or process of shearing sheep
2. the season or an occasion of shearing sheep
3. a feast held on such an occasion

Derived Forms

• ˈsheepˌshearer, noun

Other Words From

• sheepshearer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sheepshearing¹

1580–90; sheep + shear ( def ) + -ing ¹( def )

Example Sentences

“Even doing normal isn’t normal,” said Amy Holson-Schwartz, 37, who took her family to an annual sheepshearing event on a farm in Vermont that was canceled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

From Seattle Times

The layover allowed for optional adventures such as a flight to scenic Milford Sound or a van ride to nearby Queenstown for jet boating, bungee jumping or sheepshearing.

From Washington Post

At Te Kuiti High School, he was a reluctant student given to taking time off to help his father with sheepshearing and other tasks.

From New York Times

Loopy, lovely and almost impossibly good-humored, it whisks kids and their caregivers away to Bohemia and plunks them down in the midst of a sheepshearing festival.

From New York Times

Their largely rural life — the barefoot kids, the sheepshearing, the vegetarian cooking — was filled with a great deal of what seems like genuine and dog-hair-covered happiness.

From New York Times