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Fleece

/fliːs/

Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal

📖 Definitions of "Fleece"

noun
  1. 1

    Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal

  2. 2

    Insulating skin with the wool attached

  3. 3

    A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.

  4. 4

    An insulating wooly jacket

verb
  1. 1

    To con or trick (someone) out of money.

  2. 2

    To shear the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).

    "During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days."

  3. 3

    To cover with, or as if with, wool.

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