'Shearing machine' definitions:

Definition of 'Shearing machine'

From: GCIDE
  • Shearing \Shear"ing\, n.
  • 1. The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine; as, the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Same as Shearling. --Youatt. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The act or operation of reaping. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
  • 5. The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. The process of preparing shear steel; tilting. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Mining) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal. [1913 Webster]
  • Shearing machine. (a) A machine with blades, or rotary disks, for dividing plates or bars of metal. (b) A machine for shearing cloth. [1913 Webster]