Fleece Definition

flēs
fleeced, fleeces, fleecing
noun
fleeces
The wool covering a sheep or similar animal.
Webster's New World
The amount of wool cut from a sheep in one shearing.
Webster's New World
A covering like a sheep's, as of woolly hair.
Webster's New World
A soft, warm, napped fabric, used for garments, linings, etc.
Webster's New World
A garment, especially a shirt or jacket, made of such fabric.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb
fleeced, fleeces, fleecing
To shear the fleece from (sheep, etc.)
Webster's New World
To steal from by fraud; swindle.
Webster's New World
To cover or fleck with fleecy masses.
Webster's New World

To con or trick someone out of money.

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Origin of Fleece

  • From Middle English flees, from Old English flēos. Cognate to Albanian lesh (“wool”) and Russian волос (volos, “a hair”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English fles from Old English flēos

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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