short-wool

1 of 2

adjective

variants or short-wooled

ˈ⸗¦⸗

: of, relating to, or being domestic sheep that have short but fine wool

Southdown, Shropshire, and Suffolk are breeds of short-wooled sheep

short-wool

2 of 2

noun

: a short-wool sheep

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

short entry 1 + wool or wooled, from wool + -ed

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