Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A young sheep that has been sheared once.
- noun The tanned skin of a sheared sheep or lamb, with the short wool still attached.
- noun A synthetic material that resembles shearling.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sheep of one shear, or that has been once shorn.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A sheep but once sheared.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A sheep that has been
shorn for the first time - noun A
sheepskin orlambskin that has gone through a limitedshearing process so that the fibers are of uniform depth
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sheepskin, or at least shearling, is all the rage right now.
Alexis Petridis: Like lambs to the slaughter Alexis Petridis 2010
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And my Old Navy "shearling" boots carried me through the recent Manhattan snowfests in style.
So Chic It's Unreal Lauren Goodman 2011
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Or type "shearling" into the search box at www.asos.com Dec 23.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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PETER STIGTER & JONAS GUSTAVSSON Etro showed a collection that was more somber, but more luxe, than past years, with fur and shearling coats and gilets .
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Mileage may vary on which scene is better, but you cannot deny that Bateman still looks hot in a shearling denim jacket.
Top Moments: Late Night's Teen Wolf Do-Over, Bachelorette's Bad Breakup 2011
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Midway through Ralph Lauren's runway show Thursday morning, a model wearing a luxurious black moir é cocoon coat trimmed with shearling, a black sable embroidered evening dress and a black velvet peep-toe sandal with a black lacquer heel stepped on stage and held a pose for a beat or two before walking down the runway.
A Burst of Lush, Opulent Glamour Ray A. Smith 2011
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Until this season, when designers seem to have gone sheepskin-mad – or at least shearling-mad, which is sheepskin with the wool trimmed to a uniform length.
Alexis Petridis: Like lambs to the slaughter Alexis Petridis 2010
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Steve McQueen Everett Collection Steve McQueen, 1968 The Look : Blue Steel shawl collars, turtlenecks, flat-front khakis, dungarees, shearling coats, windbreakers.
Dress Like an Icon Steve Garbarino 2011
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Jaime Chard Rather than exotic skins, Ms. Kroell made these $395 Dax Gabler pouches from shearling and textured patent leather.
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Kurt Wilberding/The Wall Street Journal A mustard patent shearling coat with a waxed leather top and leather/viscose knit pants.
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