Shearing Machine

sheared, sheared or shorn, shear·ing. to cut (something). to remove by or as if by cutting or clipping with a sharp instrument: to shear wool from sheep. to cut or clip the hair, fleece, wool, etc., from: to shear sheep. to strip or deprive (usually followed by of): to shear someone of power. machine with blades or rotary disks for cutting sheets, plates, or bars (as of metal) 2 : a machine for shearing cloth usually consisting of a roller with cutters operating against a ledger blade. 3 : a machine for shearing sheep.