Shear"ing , n.
1. The act
or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing
machine, as the wool from
sheep, or the nap from
cloth.
2. 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.
3. Same as Shearling. Youatt.
4. The act or operation of reaping. [Scot.]
5. The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates.
6. The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
7. (Mining) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
Shearing
machine. (a) A machine with blades, or rotary disks, for dividing plates or bars of metal. (b)
A machine for shearing cloth.
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