fleeces

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third-person singular of fleece
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A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen
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Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
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Insulating skin with the wool attached
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To shear the fleece from an animal (such as a sheep)

During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days.

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Con or trick someone out of money
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Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer
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An insulating wooly jacket
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{v} to strip a person of his substance, to clip
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{n} wool sheared from a sheep at one time
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Mats or felts used as a membrane backer and composed of fibers
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tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing
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A sheep's fleece is the coat of wool that covers it
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A fleece is the wool that is cut off one sheep in a single piece
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mats of felts composed of fibers (usually non-woven polyester fibers), often used as a membrane backer
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Fibre: Wool specialty hair fibres, cotton Weave: Plain, twill, pile or knitted Characteristics: Has a deep, soft nap or pile, obtained by heavily napping with wire brushes or with a pile weave This provides air space giving good insulating properties without too much weight The interlacings are will covered by the nap The nap wears out in time, but good quality cloth gives good wear Range from cheap to expensive clothes Material is often cumbersome and bulky, therefore it may be difficult to manipulate Also, the name for the entire coat of wool taken from a sheep at shearing time Uses: Mostly used for coats for men, women, and children
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To spread over as with wool
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Fleece is a soft warm artificial fabric. A fleece is also a jacket or other garment made from this fabric. to charge someone too much money for something, especially by tricking them
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The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine
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the wool from a single sheep in the shorn grease state
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mats or felts composed of fibers (usually non-woven polyester fibers), often used as a membrane backer
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To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool
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A soft, bulky, deep-piled knitted or woven fabric
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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
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A synthetic material, mostly polyester, which has properties which are good for hillwalking Sweaters made of fleece are warm (reasonably so, even when wet), dry quickly and are comfortable Also used for gloves, hats, etc Not windproof, so used in conjunction with a shell garment
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Generic name for pile, synthetic fabrics
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the wool of a sheep or similar animal
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The fiber coat of an Alpaca The coat of a single Alpaca after shearing
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‑ A soft deep‑piled knitted or woven fabric
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Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece
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outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
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If you fleece someone, you get a lot of money from them by tricking them or charging them too much. She claims he fleeced her out of thousands of pounds. = swindle
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{f} cheat; rob; shear the wool from a sheep
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rip off; ask an unreasonable price
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{i} coat of wool on a sheep; wool sheared from a sheep; something soft and fluffy, something resembling wool
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The entire coat sheared from an animal at one time
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Luxurious fabric with a thick deep nap that provides warmth without weight May be twill or plain weave The term correctly applies only to wool fabrics, although there are so-called fleeces of other fabrics
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To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions
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a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing
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shear the wool from; "shear sheep"
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Brushed knit, one side smooth, other side fluffy
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a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing the wool of a sheep or similar animal shear the wool from; "shear sheep
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An insulating wooly garment. Ex.: Harriett likes to curl up on the fleece blanket, even when its gravy time
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    Etymologie

    [ 'flEs ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English flees, from Old English flEos; akin to Middle High German vlius fleece and perhaps to Latin pluma feather, down.
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