Words that start with S

A shawl is a simple garment that is worn draped over your shoulders, or sometimes worn over your head like a kind of hood. Most shawls are either triangular or are folded into a triangle.

Shearing is the process of removing the fleece from an animal like a sheep or alpaca. When the animal's wool gets too long, it needs to be removed by shearing it. Most wild animals that grow wool shed their fleeces themselves once a year, but domestic animals don't and need to be shorn.

A sheath is a covering for the blade of a knife. Sheaths are often made of leather, and can be quite decorative.

Sheep are closely related to goats. People keep sheep for their wool and their meat. Every year the wool must be cut off the sheep so it can be used to make clothes - people who do this are called shearers. Male sheep are called rams, female sheep are called ewes and baby sheep are called lambs. Rams grow big, curled horns as they get older.

Sheets are large, thin pieces of fabric that you put on your bed. Usually there is one sheet covering the mattress and another over the top of that one. You sleep between the sheets.