barbering

(noun)

noun

1. The trade of and practice of shaving and cutting hair.

- The trades of barbering and surgery have long been linked, as evidenced by the barber's red and white striped pole.

- After several days in the bush, he had grown lax with his barbering and needed a good shave before he was presentable again.

2. (informal) The practice among pets of overgrooming each other, leaving bald patches.

- Group-housed B6 mice display barbering behavior, in which the dominant mouse in a cage selectively removes hair from its subordinate cage mates.