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Noun: sheepshearing  'sheep,sheer-ing
  1. Act of shearing sheep
    "The annual sheepshearing was a major event on the farm"
     
  2. The time or season when sheep are sheared
    "The village celebrated the end of sheepshearing with a festival"
     
  3. A festival held at the time sheep are normally sheared
    "The rural community gathered for the traditional sheepshearing festival"

Derived forms: sheepshearings

Type of: festival, fete, fête, season, shearing