fleece

About 0.87 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal.
2. noun Insulating skin with the wool attached.
3. noun A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
4. noun An insulating wooly jacket.
5. noun Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.
6. noun Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
7. noun The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
8. verb To con or trick (someone) out of money.

Similar words

wool sheepskin shear hook soak plume pluck rob overcharge gazump

Often followed by

of and is was the in to from weight

Word family

fleeced fleeces fleecing