fleece.
Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal.
Meaning & usage
Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal.
Insulating skin with the wool attached.
A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
An insulating wooly jacket.
Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.
Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fles, flees, flese, from Old English flēos, flīes, flȳs, from Proto-West Germanic *fleus.
To con or trick (someone) out of money.
To cut off the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).
During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days.
To cover with, or as if with, wool.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fles, flees, flese, from Old English flēos, flīes, flȳs, from Proto-West Germanic *fleus.
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