单词 | shearling |
释义 | shearlingn. 1. A sheep that has been once shorn. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > defined by age > one year old or sheared once shearling1378 hoggaster1388 hogget1421 shear-sheep1503 shear-hog?1523 hoggerel1530 shear wether hog1537 teg1537 hog sheep1552 lamb-hog1607 shearinga1642 two-teeth1776 hogling1856 1378–9 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 587 In 30 pell. de Scherlings empt. de Celer. pro pistrina, 5s. 1532–3 in J. Raine Durham Househ. Bk. (1844) 207 Oves..vocatæ sharlyngs. 1786 G. Culley Observ. Live Stock (1807) Introd. p. xx They are not called shearlings until once clipped, which is understood to be the same as one year old. 1840 C. Howard Farming at Wauldby 114 in Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) III Making up the number by an addition of the finest gimmer shearlings. 1877 R. D. Blackmore Erema lii I am whiter than yonder shearling. 2. The fleece of such a sheep. In later use, spec. the woollen lining or body of a coat, etc. (chiefly U.S.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > fleece > [noun] > types of shearling1481 wool1495 hog wool1653 hog1824 fallen fleece1867 shirling1869 yearlings1888 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > type of > from sheep > other shearling1481 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > lining > other pullings-out1560 shearling1971 1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 117 xxij. dousen of scherlinges, and iij. skynnes, prise the dousen xx. d. 1531–2 in J. Raine Durham Househ. Bk. (1844) 109 Pelles vocati sharlyngs. 1597 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 119 Of the glover, for viij shyrlynges, which was kylled before October last, ixs iiijd. 1680 in Ferguson & Manson Munic. Rec. Carlisle (1887) 220 Lamb skins sherlings calfe-skins. 1971 New Yorker 16 Oct. 143/2 (advt.) Suede on the outside, the white shearling on the inside. 1977 L. O'Donnell Aftershock (1979) ii. 31 She shrugged out of her shearling-lined coat and hung it on the rack. Compounds General attributive. shearling-ewe n. shearling-ram n. ΚΠ 1861 Times 27 Sept. Regular ram-breeders..let shearling rams by private contract. shearling-tup n. ΚΠ 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 38 A dinmont or shearling-tup. shearling-wether n. ΚΠ 1782 W. Marshall Minutes in Rural Econ. Norfolk (1787) II. 321 Several pens of sheerling-wedders. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1378 |
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