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• catching pen — noun (Aust and NZ) A pen for holding sheep awaiting shearing • • • Main Entry: ↑catch …   Useful english dictionary

• catching pen — /ˈkætʃɪŋ pɛn/ (say kaching pen) noun 1. a pen in a woolshed from which a shearer takes sheep to be shorn. 2. an area of a racetrack for greyhounds which may be enclosed by booms lowered at each end of it, to confine the dogs at the end of their… …  

• Pen (enclosure) — Corral redirects here. For other uses, see Corral (disambiguation). For other uses, see Pen (disambiguation). Sheep near a dry stone sheepfold, one the oldest types of livestock enclosures A pen is an enclosure for holding livestock. The term… …   Wikipedia

• Pen spinning — A combination of pen spinning tricks. Pen spinning is a form of object manipulation that involves the deft manipulation of a writing instrument with one s hands. Although it is often considered a form of self entertainment (usually in a… …   Wikipedia

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• Wolf Pen, West Virginia — Wolf Pen is an unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States. Legend has it that Wolf Pen s name comes from an incident when a man built a pen to capture the wolves which had been taking his sheep. The pen was of log… …   Wikipedia

• Shearing shed — Shearing sheds (or wool sheds) are large sheds located on sheep stations to accommodate large scale sheep shearing activities. TOC In countries where large numbers of sheep are kept for wool, sometimes many thousands in a flock, shearing sheds… …   Wikipedia

• Sheep shearer — A sheep shearer is a worker who uses (hand powered) blade or machine shears to remove the wool from domestic sheep. HistoryDuring the early years of sheep breeding in Australia, shearing was carried out by shepherds, assigned servants, Ticket of… …   Wikipedia

• Sheep shearing — Sheep shearing, shearing or clipping 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… …   Wikipedia

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