n. | 1. | The entire coat of wool that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time. | ||||||
2. | Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece. | |||||||
3. | (Manuf.) The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
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v. t. | 1. | To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool. | ||||||
2. | To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions. | |||||||
3. | To spread over as with wool. |
Noun | 1. | fleece - the wool of a sheep or similar animal |
2. | fleece - tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing Synonyms: sheepskin | |
3. | fleece - a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing | |
4. | fleece - outer coat of especially sheep and yaks Synonyms: wool | |
Verb | 1. | fleece - rip off; ask an unreasonable price |
2. | fleece - shear the wool from; "shear sheep" Synonyms: shear |