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dewooling

/diːˈwʊlɪŋ/
noun
  1. The process of removing wool from an animal, especially a sheep, usually by shearing.
    • The farmer scheduled the dewooling for early spring before the weather got too hot.
    • Modern dewooling uses electric clippers to make the process faster and less stressful for the sheep.
    • After dewooling, the sheep were released into the pasture looking much lighter and cleaner.
verb
  1. To remove wool from an animal, especially a sheep.
    • It takes skill to dewool a sheep without hurting the animal or cutting the skin.
    • They dewool the alpacas every year to use their fiber for making yarn.
    • The rancher learned how to dewool sheep during his first summer on the farm.
Synonyms
shearclip