sheep-shearsn.

Etymology: < sheep n. + shear n.¹ Compare North Frisian sjappsjur, Middle Dutch schaepschare (Dutch schaapschaar), German schafschere.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsheep-shears.

With plural and occasionally singular agreement. Shears for shearing sheep.

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

wool-shear1643

sheep-shears1688

wool-shearers1809

jingling Johnny1904

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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. ix. 176/2 Sheep shares, or Wooll shares.

1758 Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 108 It [sc. lightning] melted an old copper skillet, a pair of sheepshears.

1842 S. C. Hall & A. M. Hall Ireland II. 397 Small shears, like the modern sheep-shears.

1876 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. (new ed.) III. 2140 A sheep-shears with a six-fingered comb and a revolving bladed disk.

in combination.1797 J. Robinson Directory of Sheffield 116 Edge~tool and sheep sheer maker.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	sheep-shears
释义	sheep-shearsn. Etymology: < sheep n. + shear n.¹ Compare North Frisian sjappsjur, Middle Dutch schaepschare (Dutch schaapschaar), German schafschere.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsheep-shears. With plural and occasionally singular agreement. Shears for shearing sheep. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > [noun] > hand-shears wool-shear1643 sheep-shears1688 wool-shearers1809 jingling Johnny1904 blade1905 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. ix. 176/2 Sheep shares, or Wooll shares. 1758 Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 108 It [sc. lightning] melted an old copper skillet, a pair of sheepshears. 1842 S. C. Hall & A. M. Hall Ireland II. 397 Small shears, like the modern sheep-shears. 1876 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. (new ed.) III. 2140 A sheep-shears with a six-fingered comb and a revolving bladed disk. in combination.1797 J. Robinson Directory of Sheffield 116 Edge~tool and sheep sheer maker. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1688
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