Shēar'ing, n.

n. 1. The act or operation of clipping by shears or a shearing-machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.

2. The proceeds of the act or operation of clipping by shears; as, the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth.
3. A sheep which has been sheared once; a shearling. Yount.
4. The process of preparing shear-steel; tilting.