Meanings (ES + gloss)
esquilar • tonsurar • tundir
To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping.
shear the llamas
cizallar • cortar
To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
So trenchant was the Templar’s weapon, that it shore asunder, as it had been a willow twig, the tough and plaited handle of the mace, which the ill-fated Saxon reared to parry the…
the golden tresses […] were shorn away
cizallar • distorsionar
To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
Phrases