shorling

noun — 4 senses

shorling

noun
1

UK, Dialectal, 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 Realma. 1480, a statute, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
2

UK, Dialectal, Obsolete A sheep of the first year's shearing.

3

UK, Dialectal, Obsolete A person who is shorn; a shaveling.

4

UK, Broadly, Derogatory, Dialectal, Obsolete A priest.

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