shearling

[ sheer-ling ]

/ ˈʃɪər lɪŋ /

Chiefly British. a yearling sheep that has been shorn once.

short wool pulled from such a sheep.

the skin from a recently shorn sheep or lamb, tanned with the wool still on it.

Origin of shearling

First recorded in 1350–1400, shearling is from the Middle English word scherling. See shear, -ling¹

Urban shearling coats were worn with silk dresses printed with patterns inspired by aboriginal art.

Rodarte Channels Australia In Fall Show for New York Fashion Week |Robin Givhan |February 14, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Of the nine shearling ewes he “fed” for the Cambridge Show, he lost four, and only raised two or three lambs from the rest.

A Walk from London to John O'Groat's |Elihu Burritt
On the following night Viscount Birdsaye lost a shearling ram, for which he was reported to have paid a fabulous sum.

Bob, Son of Battle |Alfred Ollivant
The shearling tup is then a 2-shear tup, and the dinmont is a wether, but more correctly a 2-shear wether.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 401, March 1849 |Various

He said his father was shepherd to a big farmer, who had sent him with two score of shearling ewes to get highland pasture.

The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 |Gordon Sellar

shearling

/ (ˈʃɪəlɪŋ) /

a young sheep after its first shearing

the skin of such an animal