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Mobile Start - Horse Racing (gambling) and shearing (iou)


Mobile Start - Horse Racing (gambling)


The most commonly used form of starting a race in harness racing in NSW. A Mobile barrier consists of two folding arms attached to a motor vehicle. The horses in a race follow the barrier as it gathers speed, until the arms fold back and a start is affected. The vehicle then speeds away out of the path of the horses. At most tracks, six horses are permitted to start abreast from the Mobile barrier, with the remaining runners starting behind them on the second row.

shearing (iou)



shearing noun. ME.
[from SHEAR verb + -ING1.]
The action of SHEAR verb; an instance of this. ME.
A thing cut off with shears or some Other sharp implement. Usu. in pl. M16.
A sheep after the first shearing, a shearling. dial. M17.
Mining. The action of making vertical side-cuts in a seam of coal. L19.
Comb.: shearing strain (Mechanics etc.) a strain of the Nature of a shear; shearing strength (Mechanics etc.) power of resistance to shearing; shearing stress (Mechanics etc.) a stress tending to produce or to resist a shear.