shearer : Idioms & Phrases

Index

moira shearer

  • noun Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926)
    Moira Shearer.
WordNet

shearer

  • noun Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926)
    Moira Shearer.
  • noun a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles
  • noun a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals
WordNet
  • one who shears cloth and frees it from superfluous nap.
Webster 1913

sheep-shearer

Sheep"-shear`er noun
Definitions
  1. One who shears, or cuts off the wool from, sheep.
Webster 1913