FLEECE

fleece

Noun

  1. Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
  2. Insulating skin with the wool attached
  3. A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
  4. An insulating wooly jacket
  5. Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.
  6. Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
  7. The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.

Verb

  1. Con or trick someone out of money.
  2. To shear the fleece from an animal (such as a sheep).
    During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days.


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