Shearing

Shear·ing

Shearing

n.
  1. The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
  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.
  3. Same as Shearling.
  4. The act or operation of reaping. [Scot.]
  5. The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates.
  6. The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
  7. The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal. (Mining)

Phrases & Compounds
Shearing machine
A machine with blades, or rotary disks, for dividing plates or bars of metal