The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth. / The material cut off in this way.

plural of shearing

A surname.

(sewing) A pair of scissors with zigzag cutting edges, used to cut fabric: the zigzag edge helps keep the fabric from fraying.

Synonym of pruning shears

(plural only) A tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, used for gardening

plural of alligator shear

plural of crocodile shear

plural of knight of the shears

(humorous, archaic) A tailor.