The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
The act or operation of reaping.
The material cut off in this way.
The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
The act or operation of dividing with shears.
Tending to cut or tear.
A low-grade cloth made from by-products of wool processing, or from recycled wool.
Of poor quality or construction