Definition of "shearling"

shearling

noun
plural shearlings
1. A sheep that has been shorn for the first time
  Quotations
  They are rarely fattened when shearlings, the usual period being after they have lost their second fleece, and are wethers.
  1853, David Low, On the Domesticated Animals of the British Isles, page 97
2. (chiefly US) A sheepskin or lambskin that has gone through a limited shearing process so that the fibers are of uniform depth