shorling
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A sheep of the first year's shearing.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A sheep of the first year's shearing.
a Statute made in the Third Year of the Reign of King Edward the Fourth, as relates to the buying or shipping of Wools or Wool-fells, Morling or Shorling, by Aliens or Strangers within the Realm
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK
(UK, dialect, obsolete) The skin of a sheep after the fleece is shorn off, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from the dead sheep.
a Statute made in the Third Year of the Reign of King Edward the Fourth, as relates to the buying or shipping of Wools or Wool-fells, Morling or Shorling, by Aliens or Strangers within the Realm
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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A person who is shorn; a shaveling.
a Statute made in the Third Year of the Reign of King Edward the Fourth, as relates to the buying or shipping of Wools or Wool-fells, Morling or Shorling, by Aliens or Strangers within the Realm
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