单词 | eye-clip |
释义 | > as lemmaseye-clip eye-clip v. transitive to clip the wool away from around the eyes of (a sheep). ΚΠ 1933 L. G. D. Acland in Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 14 Oct. 15/7 Eye-clip, to cut the wool away from round a sheep's eyes. If this is not done, the wool, especially on merinos, is apt to grow over the eyes and make the sheep wool-blind. Some people speak of eye-clipping as Winking. 1953 B. Stronach Musterer on Molesworth viii. 54 Our next job was to eye clip the lambs, for many of them were wool-blind. 1978 D. G. Jardine Shadows on Hill 46 They are brought down to the station..and the wethers eyeclipped if this is required. < as lemmas |
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