shearer
Wool harvest worker
A shearer is someone who shears—typically a person who cuts wool from sheep.
The work is skilled and physically demanding, done with hand shears or electric clippers: The shearers moved through the flock quickly.
In agricultural regions like Australia and New Zealand, shearer carries particular cultural weight, associated with rural labor and seasonal work.
Livestock raiser or tender
- farmhandAgricultural employee
- contractorHired construction professional
- gunProjectile-launching weapon
- ringerImpostor in competition
learner · shed · stand · tally · penner · woolshed · station · muster
Handheld instrument attachment
- clippersHandheld cutting implements
- bladesSharp flat cutting parts
- combToothed grooming implement
- cutterOne who severs
grinder · sharpening · electric · mechanical · pendulum · downtube · tension · maintenance
stockman
Livestock raiser or tender
- farmhandAgricultural employee
- contractorHired construction professional
- gunProjectile-launching weapon
ringer · learner · shed · stand · tally · penner · woolshed · station · muster · droving
fleece
Wool still on sheep
ram · ewes · staple · crimp · lanolin · greasy · scouring · carding · spinning · blade
handpiece
Handheld instrument attachment
cutter · grinder · sharpening · electric · mechanical · pendulum · downtube · tension · maintenance · oiling
skilled
Having learned ability
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- dexteritySkillful hand coordination
- techniqueSkilled way of performing
speed · efficiency · pattern · blow · positioning · timing · rhythm · clean · smooth · professional
countryside
Rural area beyond towns
paddock · homestead · bucolic · rustic · flock · livestock · agriculture · husbandry · lambing · dipping
- animal workersveterinarian, vet, animal trainer, pet groomer, zookeeper
- farm workersfarmer, farmworker, hired hand, field hand, farm laborer
- farmworkersfarmhand, farmworker, farm laborer, field hand, farm hand
- rural jobsfarmer, rancher, shepherd, farmhand, cowherd
- seasonal workersfarmhand, field hand, harvest worker, harvester, migrant worker
- livestock jobsrancher, farmer, herdsman, stockman, shepherd
shearershepherd
One who tends flocks
grazier · sheep farmer · pastoralist · stockman · drover
- kitchen shearsHeavy-duty culinary cutters
- pruning shearsTool for cutting branches
- garden shearsTool for trimming plants
- hedge shearsManual shrub-trimming tool
- pairs of shearsDual-bladed cutting tool
- sheep shearingRemoving a lamb's coat
shear, shears, shearing, sheared, shearling, shearers, unsheared