Sheep wool Sheep wool The British Wool Marketing Board is the central marketing system for United Kingdom fleece wool. It tries to get the best net returns for farmers. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Wool Marketing Board"
Owling was a common term for the smuggling of sheep or wool from England to another country, particularly France. The practice was illegal in England from 1367 until 1824. Participants were called "owlers"; their ships "owling boats." ...more on Wikipedia about "Owling"
A sheep shearer is a worker who uses (hand-powered)-blade or machine shears to remove the wool from sheep. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sheep shearer"
Sheep shearing, typically just called shearing, is the process by which the woolen fleece of a sheep is removed. The person who removes the sheep's wool is called a shearer. Typically shearing occurs once per year per sheep. The annual shearing most often occurs in a ' Shearing shed specially designed to process dozens, or more often hundreds, of sheep per day. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sheep shearing"
Wool is the fibre derived from the hair of animals of the Caprinae family, principally sheep and goats, but the hair of other mammals such as alpacas may also be called wool. This article deals with the wool produced from domestic sheep. ...more on Wikipedia about "Wool"
A wool bale is a package of wool typically compressed by mechanical means. This is the preferred method of packaging and transportation for wool to keep it uncontaminated so information about the individual producer can be retained. A "bale of wool" is also the term of reference for a container of raw wool, much in the same way that "gallon of oil" is the term of reference for crude oil. ...more on Wikipedia about "Wool bale"
The Worshipful Company of Woolmen is one of the Livery Companies in the City of London. It is known to have existed in 1180, making it one of the older Livery Companies of the City. It was officially incorporated in 1522. The Company's originally members were concerned with the winding and selling of wool; presently, a connection is retained by the Company's support of the wool industry. However, the Company is now primarily a charitable institution. ...more on Wikipedia about "Worshipful Company of Woolmen"
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