- Breaking (off) - Cutting the fleece of sheep - She has added a piece of jewellery as trimming - Sheep farm work - of Shear - The act or operation of clipping with shears or a
shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth. - 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.