a1586 Sir P. Sidney (1590) ii. xxvii. sig. Ff5v [They returned home] most of them with share-marks of their folly.
1844 H. Stephens III. 866 The shear-marks are seen to run in parallel bands round the carcass.
1892 16 Sept. 1/6 A Red and White Stirk; one shear mark on near hind quarter.