fleece

fleece
fleeceable, adj.fleeceless, adj.fleecelike, adj.fleecer, n.
/flees/, n., v., fleeced, fleecing.
n.
1. the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal.
2. the wool shorn from a sheep at one shearing.
3. something resembling a fleece: a fleece of clouds in a blue sky.
4. a fabric with a soft, silky pile, used for warmth, as for lining garments.
5. the soft nap or pile of such a fabric.
v.t.
6. to deprive of money or belongings by fraud, hoax, or the like; swindle: He fleeced the stranger of several dollars.
7. to remove the fleece of (a sheep).
8. to overspread, as with a fleece; fleck with fleecelike masses: a host of clouds fleecing the summer sky.
[bef. 1000; ME flees, OE fleos, flys; c. MD vlies, MHG vlius, G Vlies]

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