Shears
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A small pair of shears
A pair of shears is any scissors-type tool of relatively large size. Like scissors, shears combine slightly offset jaws to cut material through physical shear, and combine this with levers to apply a considerable shear force. Shears are usually intended for cutting much heavier material than scissors though.
Examples include:
- pinking shears - for cutting cloth with an edge which will not fray
- pruning shears - for cutting light tree branches
- grass shears - for trimming grass
- tin snips - for cutting light sheet metal or corrugated galvanised iron
- Jaws of Life (hydraulic cutters) for cutting heavy sheet metal
- wool shears - for collecting wool from an animal's fleece
- poultry shears/kitchen shears -