underlock

noun

underlock

noun

Etymology From under- + lock.

1

A lock of wool hanging under the belly of a sheep.

  • No cloggings, lumps of dirt, or underlocks should be suffered to be rolled up with the fleece, as such a practice is unfair to the purchaser, and by act of parliament there is a heavy penalty attached to those who are convicted of doing it.1839, British Farmer's Magazine, volume 3, page 187:

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