Definition of "wool-bearing" [wool-bearing]

• Producing wool; having a fleece, as the sheep.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Not until the arrival of the Spaniards were bovine and wool-bearing animals introduced, and one look at this rugged countryside is enough to realize that one of the few capable of surviving here is the goat."
• "As part of the 16th century culinary fusion that resulted in Mexican cuisine, the Spaniards brought spices to the New World, along with olives and olive oil, almonds, grapes, dairy and wool-bearing animals, rice, wheat and citrus fruit."
• "Considering that the pre-Hispanic inhabitants of Mexico had no wool-bearing animals, the king and his contemporaries might be puzzled at the sight of barbacoa de borrego - sheep barbeque - establishments literally lining the highway through Texcoco."