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What (who) is Fleece - definition
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Fleece (disambiguation)
fleece
(fleeces, fleecing, fleeced)
1.
A sheep's fleece is the coat of wool that covers it.
N-COUNT
2.
A fleece is the wool that is cut off one sheep in a single piece.
N-COUNT
3.
If you fleece someone, you get a lot of money from them by tricking them or charging them too much. (INFORMAL)
She claims he fleeced her out of thousands of pounds.
= swindle
VERB: V n out of n, also V n
4.
Fleece is a soft warm artificial fabric. A fleece is also a jacket or other garment made from this fabric.
N-VAR
fleece
¦ noun
1. the wool coat of a sheep.
2. a soft, warm fabric with a texture similar to sheep's wool, or a garment made from this.
¦ verb informal charge (someone) an unfairly high price.
Derivatives
fleeced adjective
Origin
OE fleos, fles, of W. Gmc origin.
Fleece
·vt To spread over as with wool.
II. Fleece ·noun Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
III. Fleece ·vt To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool.
IV. Fleece ·noun The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
V. Fleece ·vt To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions.
VI. Fleece ·noun The entire coat of wood that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time.
Examples of use of Fleece
1. He would never fleece me and I would never fleece him.
2. For camp: fleece sweat shirt; T–shirt; long–sleeve shirt; nylon running shorts; nylon wind pants; wool socks; mosquito head net; fleece hat; Teva water shoes.
3. Each seat was furnished with a dark blue fleece blanket.
4. She may be wearing sandals and a light blue fleece.
5. Armory, carrying green duffle bags and wearing fleece jackets under their camouflage uniforms for warmth.