fleece

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: sheepskinwooloverchargesoaksurchargegazumpplumepluckrobhookshear

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  1. the wool of a sheep or similar animal
  2. tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothingSynonyms: sheepskin
  3. a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing
  4. outer coat of especially sheep and yaksSynonyms: wool

Verb (2)

  1. rip off; ask an unreasonable priceSynonyms: overchargesoaksurchargegazumpplumepluckrobhook
  2. shear the wool from“shear sheep”Synonyms: shear
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Fleece \Fleece\ (fl[=e]s), n. [OE. flees, AS. fle['o]s; akin to D. flies, vlies.]

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. [1913 Webster]

Who shore me Like a tame wether, all my precious fleece.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece. [1913 Webster]

3.(Manuf.) The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine. [1913 Webster]

Fleece wool, wool shorn from the sheep.

Golden fleece. See under Golden. [1913 Webster]

Fleece \Fleece\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fleeced; p. pr. & vb. n. Fleecing.]

1.To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool. [1913 Webster]

2.To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions. [1913 Webster]

Whilst pope and prince shared the wool betwixt them, the people were finely fleeced.— Fuller.[1913 Webster]

3.To spread over as with wool. [R.] --Thomson. [1913 Webster]

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