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sheepshearing

sheepshearing

7.1
A festival held when people cut wool from sheep that includes music and food
  • noun
  • /ˈʃiːpˌʃɪrɪŋ/
translation icon : festival de esquileo
  • During the sheepshearing, locals demonstrate traditional shearing techniques and celebrate with music and food.

Examples

  • The village hosts an annual sheepshearing each summer, drawing visitors from across the region.

  • Many rural communities preserve their heritage by organizing a sheepshearing as a community event.

  • The sheepshearing is fun.

  • Don't miss the sheepshearing!

  • During the sheepshearing, families gather to watch the sheep being sheared and enjoy local food and crafts.

  • The town's annual sheepshearing festival features sheep dog demonstrations and wool spinning competitions.

  • At the local sheepshearing, visitors can participate in games and taste traditional dishes made from sheep's milk.

How Big

carnival
30 2.8
fair
404 1.0
sheepshearing
7.1
celebration
430 1.0
gathering
203 1.0
get-together
  • Informal
46 1.9

Surface Forms

sheepshearing singular
sheepshearings plural

Morphology

sheepshearing = sheep + shearing (transparent) = sheep + shear + ing

As a festival denoting the occasion of shearing sheep, the meaning is a direct extension of 'sheep' + 'shearing'.

Etymology

Sheepshearing can also mean a village festival held when sheep are shorn, built around the same idea of shearing as 'cutting off wool'. That's why a sheepshearing often includes demonstrations, music and food at the time the wool is gathered.