Shearing Combs

shearing
Have something cut off
removing by cutting off or clipping
Cut off (something such as hair, wool, or grass), with scissors or shears
Cut the wool off (a sheep or other animal)
(shear) cut with shears; "shear hedges"
(shear) (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves; "the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram"

combs
A short curved device of this type, worn by women to hold hair in place or as an ornament
An instance of untangling or arranging the hair with such a device
Instruments with wire teeth used in marbling.
A strip of plastic, metal, or wood with a row of narrow teeth, used for untangling or arranging the hair
Sports: *Earle Combs (1899-1976), American center fielder and Baseball Hall of Fame member *Merl Combs (1919-1981), a shortstop in Major League Baseball from 1947-1952 *Pat Combs (born 1966), a Philadelphia Phillies pitcher from 1989-1992
Combing is a method for preparing fibre for spinning by use of combs. The combs used have long metal teeth, and only barely resemble the comb used on hair.