Sheep-shearing

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sheep-shearing \Sheep"-shear`ing\, n.
     1. Act of shearing sheep.
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     2. A feast at the time of sheep-shearing. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sheepshearing
       n 1: the time or season when sheep are sheared
       2: festival at the time of sheepshearing
       3: act of shearing sheep