Definition of Shearman

1. n. One whose occupation is to shear cloth.

Definition of Shearman

1. Noun. One whose occupation is to shear cloth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shearman

1. a textile worker [n SHEARMEN]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shearman

sheards
sheared
sheared flow
shearer
shearers
shearfree
shearing
shearings
shearleg
shearlegs
shearless
shearlike
shearling
shearlings
shearman (current term)
shearmen
shears
sheartail
sheartails
shearwall
shearwalls
shearwater
shearwaters
sheas
sheat
sheatfish
sheatfishes
sheath
sheath-winged

Literary usage of Shearman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1911)
"1905, when he wrote shearman as follows: I am getting ready for the coming season ... I ity to shearman to sell, even if we consider wrote you that I had ..."

2. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain. Privy Council, Great Britain. Supreme Court of Judicature (1899)
"shearman. was under no legal obligation either to stop the cheque, ... Mr. Warrington has contended that after shearman had giren Adams this cheque and ..."

3. Ruling Cases by Irving Browne, Leonard Augustus Jones, James Tower Keen, John Melville Gould (1897)
"shearman. 2 Wm. Black. 977-982. Judgment in rem — Conclusive evidence. Condemnation of goods in the Exchequer is so conclusive, and so alters [977] their ..."

4. Watertown Records by Watertown (Mass.) (1900)
"William Hager fence viewers Corp": Joseph shearman serjant Parkhust town priser: Vpon the Request of mr Caleb Church at the aboue sd meeting : the town by a ..."

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