单词 | shear mark |
释义 | > as lemmasshear mark shear mark n. a mark upon a hide or fleece made when clipping an animal; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [noun] > branding or marking > shear mark shear marka1586 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxvii. sig. Ff5v [They returned home] most of them with share-marks of their folly. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 866 The shear-marks are seen to run in parallel bands round the carcass. 1892 Berwick Advertiser 16 Sept. 1/6 A Red and White Stirk; one shear mark on near hind quarter. < as lemmas |
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