sheep-shearingn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsheep-ˌshearing.

a. The act or practice of shearing sheep.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > [noun]

shearing?1523

sheep-shearing1607

sheep-shear1616

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 623 In auncient times there were great feastes at their sheepe-shearings.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Brebis Sheepe-sheering is not euer in season.

a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 319 Two or three days before my sheep~shearing.

1805 J. Lawrence Gen. Treat. Cattle 367 Sheep shearing is performed twice a year in some..countries.

1829 Chapters Physical Sci. 56 The shears used in sheep~shearing.

†b. figurative. Fleecing. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour i. i. sig. B1^v His sheepe sheering, nay shaving to the quicke.

2. The season for shearing sheep.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > [noun] > season for shearing sheep

sheep-shearing1688

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. ix. 176/2 Sheep shearing, is that time wherein the Wooll is cut off them, which..was ever accounted days of Mirth and Feasting.

c1771 S. Foote Maid of Bath iii. 50 Poul. That must be a good forty years since. Flint. Come sheep-shearing next.

1837 W. Youatt Sheep ii. 34 The sheep-shearing was the season of peculiar rejoicing.

3. The feast held at the shearing-season.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > feasts for other occasions

plough feast1355

king ale1472

natal1484

primifeste1551

mayor's feast1578

sheep-shearing feast1586

sheep-shearing1611

christening1617

bean-feast1805

updrinking1819

Thanksgiving dinner1830

bump supper1845

potlatch1858

stag1904

rehearsal dinner1906

1611 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 194 Twoe hinder quarters of veale, for provicion against sheepe shearinge.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iii. 116 I must go buy Spices for our sheepe-shearing .

1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 89 I took a lute and bid him Sing the Sheep-shearing of Simonides.

1797 A. Young in Autobiogr. (1898) 276 I went to the Duke of Bedford's sheep-shearing.

1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 223/2 Cumbrian peasantry have various festive meetings, called the kirn, or harvest-home, sheep~shearing, merry nights, and upshots.

1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. p. xxvii The sheep-shearing of Woburn or Holkham, in the last century, where nobles, gentlemen, and labourers met together.

4. attributive esp. in sheep-shearing feast.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > feasts for other occasions

plough feast1355

king ale1472

natal1484

primifeste1551

mayor's feast1578

sheep-shearing feast1586

sheep-shearing1611

christening1617

bean-feast1805

updrinking1819

Thanksgiving dinner1830

bump supper1845

potlatch1858

stag1904

rehearsal dinner1906

1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie i. 71 If you come, to our sheep~shering veast..yous taste of our cheese cake.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iii. 36.

1763 Museum Rusticum (1764) 1 12 It being merry-making time,..like vintage, or sheep-shearing time.

1847 T. Miller Pict. Country Life 58 An old practical farmer, one who..has his sheep-shearing feast and harvest-home.

1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 141 A steam sheep~shearing machine.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	sheep-shearing
释义	sheep-shearingn. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsheep-ˌshearing. 1. a. The act or practice of shearing sheep. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > [noun] shearing?1523 sheep-shearing1607 sheep-shear1616 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 623 In auncient times there were great feastes at their sheepe-shearings. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Brebis Sheepe-sheering is not euer in season. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 319 Two or three days before my sheep~shearing. 1805 J. Lawrence Gen. Treat. Cattle 367 Sheep shearing is performed twice a year in some..countries. 1829 Chapters Physical Sci. 56 The shears used in sheep~shearing. †b. figurative. Fleecing. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour i. i. sig. B1^v His sheepe sheering, nay shaving to the quicke. 2. The season for shearing sheep. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > [noun] > season for shearing sheep sheep-shearing1688 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. ix. 176/2 Sheep shearing, is that time wherein the Wooll is cut off them, which..was ever accounted days of Mirth and Feasting. c1771 S. Foote Maid of Bath iii. 50 Poul. That must be a good forty years since. Flint. Come sheep-shearing next. 1837 W. Youatt Sheep ii. 34 The sheep-shearing was the season of peculiar rejoicing. 3. The feast held at the shearing-season. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > feasts for other occasions plough feast1355 king ale1472 natal1484 primifeste1551 mayor's feast1578 sheep-shearing feast1586 sheep-shearing1611 christening1617 bean-feast1805 updrinking1819 Thanksgiving dinner1830 bump supper1845 potlatch1858 stag1904 rehearsal dinner1906 1611 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 194 Twoe hinder quarters of veale, for provicion against sheepe shearinge. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iii. 116 I must go buy Spices for our sheepe-shearing . View more context for this quotation 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 89 I took a lute and bid him Sing the Sheep-shearing of Simonides. 1797 A. Young in Autobiogr. (1898) 276 I went to the Duke of Bedford's sheep-shearing. 1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 223/2 Cumbrian peasantry have various festive meetings, called the kirn, or harvest-home, sheep~shearing, merry nights, and upshots. 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. p. xxvii The sheep-shearing of Woburn or Holkham, in the last century, where nobles, gentlemen, and labourers met together. 4. attributive esp. in sheep-shearing feast. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > feasts for other occasions plough feast1355 king ale1472 natal1484 primifeste1551 mayor's feast1578 sheep-shearing feast1586 sheep-shearing1611 christening1617 bean-feast1805 updrinking1819 Thanksgiving dinner1830 bump supper1845 potlatch1858 stag1904 rehearsal dinner1906 1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie i. 71 If you come, to our sheep~shering veast..yous taste of our cheese cake. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iii. 36. 1763 Museum Rusticum (1764) 1 12 It being merry-making time,..like vintage, or sheep-shearing time. 1847 T. Miller Pict. Country Life 58 An old practical farmer, one who..has his sheep-shearing feast and harvest-home. 1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 141 A steam sheep~shearing machine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1586
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