rooingn.

Brit.

/ˈruːɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈruɪŋ/, Scottish English

/ˈruɪŋ/

Forms: see roo v.¹ and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: roo v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < roo v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

Scottish (Orkney and Shetland).

The action or practice of roo v.¹

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > [noun] > plucking wool

rooing1602

1602 in G. Donaldson Court Bk. Shetland, 1602–4 (1954) 5 George Strang..decernis him to quyt himselff of the rowing of Mr William Laderis wyffis scheip.

1612 Acts Lawting Sheriff Orkney (Maitland Club) 160 Act for Thift, Rowing and pulling of Scheip.

1757 Session Papers in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. 477 To take a bught Sheep yearly at rowing or shearing Time.

1807 J. Hall in Bulwark (1905) June 140/2 Nor does this operation, here called ‘rooing’, seem to give the animal the smallest pain, if performed at the proper season.

1883 R. M. Fergusson Rambling Sketches xvi. 104 It is the rooing day, when sheep are shorn.

1935 Econ. Geogr. 11 14/1 The wool..was removed from the animal by pulling or rooing and not shearing.

2007 N. M. Brown Far Traveler ix. 223 Wool samples from the Farm Beneath the Sand in Greenland showed both rooing and shearing were done at the same time; no one knows which was better, or why.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rooing
释义	rooingn. Brit. /ˈruːɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈruɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈruɪŋ/ Forms: see roo v.¹ and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: roo v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < roo v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Scottish (Orkney and Shetland). The action or practice of roo v.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > [noun] > plucking wool rooing1602 1602 in G. Donaldson Court Bk. Shetland, 1602–4 (1954) 5 George Strang..decernis him to quyt himselff of the rowing of Mr William Laderis wyffis scheip. 1612 Acts Lawting Sheriff Orkney (Maitland Club) 160 Act for Thift, Rowing and pulling of Scheip. 1757 Session Papers in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. 477 To take a bught Sheep yearly at rowing or shearing Time. 1807 J. Hall in Bulwark (1905) June 140/2 Nor does this operation, here called ‘rooing’, seem to give the animal the smallest pain, if performed at the proper season. 1883 R. M. Fergusson Rambling Sketches xvi. 104 It is the rooing day, when sheep are shorn. 1935 Econ. Geogr. 11 14/1 The wool..was removed from the animal by pulling or rooing and not shearing. 2007 N. M. Brown Far Traveler ix. 223 Wool samples from the Farm Beneath the Sand in Greenland showed both rooing and shearing were done at the same time; no one knows which was better, or why. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1602
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