The process of removing dags (matted wool) from sheep, typically by shearing or combing.
From dag (noun), a lock of matted wool. As a gerund, dagging became the standard term for this essential sheep farming practice in English-speaking wool regions.
Professional 'daggers' (sheep shearers) can remove matted wool in seconds using specialized techniques—it's a skilled trade that's been crucial to wool economics for centuries!
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