short-wool I. adjective orshort-wooled\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ Etymology:short (I) + wool or wooled, from wool + -ed : of, relating to, or being domestic sheep that have short but fine wool < Southdown, Shropshire, and Suffolk are breeds of short-wooled sheep > II. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\noun : a short-wool sheep