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countable and uncountable, plural fleeces
(uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal examples
(uncountable) Insulating skin with the wool attached examples
(countable) A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen. examples
(countable) An insulating wooly jacket examples
(roofing) Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer. examples
Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece. examples
The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine. examples
third-person singular simple present fleeces, present participle fleecing, simple past and past participle fleeced
(transitive) To con or trick (someone) out of money. quotations examples
There is a difference between bookmaking, an entirely respectable profession, and fleecing people, which isn’t.
2015 August 2, “All bets are off: why bookmakers aren’t playing fair”, in The Observer, archived from the original on 21 January 2020
(transitive) To shear the fleece from (a sheep or other animal). examples
(transitive) To cover with, or as if with, wool. examples