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Sheep vs Shedhand - What's the difference?

sheep | shedhand |

As nouns the difference between sheep and shedhand

is that sheep is a woolly ruminant of the genus ovis while shedhand is (australia|new zealand) a worker in a sheep-shearing shed.

sheep

English

Noun

(sheep)
  • A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis .
  • A timid, shy person who is easily led by others.
  • (chiefly, humorous)

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * black sheep * sheepdog * sheepfold * sheepish * sheeple * sheepskin * shoop (chiefly-humorous back-formation)

    Descendants

    * Abenaki: (l)

    See also

    * * Aries * ewe * lamb * mutton * ovine * ram * teg * tup * wether

    External links

    * * (wikipedia) * (Ovis)

    References

    Anagrams

    * * 1000 English basic words ----

    shedhand

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australia, New Zealand) A worker in a sheep-shearing shed.
  • * 1950 , Graziers' Association of New South Wales, The Graziers? Annual , page 187,
    • Thus if an employee is engaged as a woolpresser and shedhand' he must for the whole of his work be paid at the woolpressers? weekly rate, since that is higher than the ' shedhands? weekly rate.
  • * 1980 September 11, Paul Hudson, Technology brings home the wool harvest'', '' , page 768,
    • The sheep still have to be mustered and penned in a shed; the shearer still grabs sheep from the pen and shears them; the shedhands remove the fleece and pieces.
  • * 1996 , John Fowler, Australian Woolclassing , page 23,
    • The Board can be kept much cleaner if two shedhands work together.
  • * 1999 , David Palmer, Ross Shanahan, Martin Shanahan, Australian Labour History Reconsidered , page 26,
    • Shearers took the best cook and accommodation, refusing to share either with the shedhand .