Sheared
Sheared is the past tense and past participle of shear, a verb with several related meanings. The most common sense is to remove the wool or hair from animals such as sheep or goats by clipping—the animal is described as being sheared. Shearing is usually done to produce wool for textile use, to prevent overheating, and for animal health. The term can also apply to trimming fur, hair, or plant matter.
In manufacturing, to shear means to cut material along a line with a shear or punch press.
In geology and geophysics, shear refers to deformation produced by parallel forces with adjacent layers sliding
In physics and continuum mechanics, shear describes a distortion where layers slide relative to each other,