Possible Clues:

• Without coat she'd captivated listener
• Like sheep are in a shed
• The woman, a lefty that's somehow sheep-like?
• Having lost a winter coat?
• Took off a wool coat?
• Cut joint — a quarter eaten
• Cut off female coming to a traffic light
• Shaved, as sheep
• Cut (wool from a sheep)
• Are brought in lost, like sheep, often