Definition of shearing

• p. pr. & vb. n. - of Shear
• n. - The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
• n. - 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.
• n. - Same as Shearling.
• n. - The act or operation of reaping.
• n. - The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates.
• n. - The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
• n. - The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.