shearing shed

Wool harvest building

A shearing shed is a building on a sheep farm where wool is cut from sheep.

The structure typically includes pens for holding animals, a wooden floor where shearers work, and areas for sorting and pressing wool into bales.

In Australia and New Zealand, shearing sheds are central to rural life and pastoral industry: The shearers arrived at the shed before dawn.

Opposites

agricultural function

shearing shedfeedlot

Livestock fattening enclosure

wool production stage

shearing shedpasture

Grazing ground for livestock

agricultural building function

shearing shedsheep barn

Shelter for ovines

Family