Definition of Shearing

Shearing

1. of Shear
2. The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
3. The product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine; as, the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth.
4. Same as Shearling.
5. The act or operation of reaping.
6. The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates.
7. The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
8. The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.