Sheep shearing is the process by which the
woollen fleece of a
sheep is cut off. The person who removes the sheep's wool is called a
shearer. Typically each adult sheep is shorn once each year (a sheep may be said to have been "shorn" or "sheared", depending upon dialect). The annual shearing most often occurs in a
shearing shed, a facility especially designed to process often hundreds and sometimes more than 3,000 sheep per day.