Possible Clues:

• Clipped wool off of
• Cut off outside, are got rid of
• SHAVED THE SHEEP
• Removed fleece, having period to reflect in outbuilding
• Adheres (anag.)
• As sheep perhaps are in farm building
• A body of troops engaged in drop getting cut off
• He reads riot act after being fleeced
• Female with a blood-stained cut
• Gathered wool