fleece

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The coat of wool of a sheep or similar animal.
• noun The yield of wool shorn from a sheep at one time.
• noun A soft woolly covering or mass.
• noun A soft, warm, lightweight, usually synthetic fabric with a deep pile, used primarily for clothing and blankets.
• noun A garment, especially a shirt or jacket, made of such fabric.
• transitive verb To defraud of money or property; swindle.
• transitive verb To shear the fleece from.
• transitive verb To cover with a fleece or similar covering.

from The Century Dictionary.

• To deprive of the fleece or natural covering of wool.
• To clip or diminish, as a fleece: said of dishonest taking of goods or property.
• To strip of money or property unfairly or under false pretenses; rob heartlessly; take from without mercy.
• To spread over as if with a fleece of wool.
• noun The coat of wool that covers a sheep, or that is shorn from a sheep at one time.
• noun Something resembling a fleece of wool in quality or appearance.
• noun Specifically— A textile fabric with a Soft silky pile, used for warmth, as for lining certain garments, gloves, etc.
• noun The long and soft nap or pile of such a fabric.
• noun The loose and thin sheet of cotton or wool coming from the breaking-card in the process of manufacture.
• noun In heraldry, the woolly skin of a sheep, usually so depicted that it resembles the animal itself, suspended by means of a ring passing around its middle.
• noun In a bison, the fat and lean meat which lies along the loin and ribs.
• noun [⟨ fleece, v.] A snatch; an attempt to fleece.
• noun In anat., white fibers, resembling wool, encircling the corpus dentatum in the cerebellum. Also called fleece of Stilling.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• transitive verb To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool.
• transitive verb To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions.
• transitive verb rare To spread over as with wool.
• noun 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.
• noun Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
• noun (Manuf.) The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
• noun wool shorn from the sheep.
• noun See under Golden.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun uncountable Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
• noun uncountable Insulating skin with the wool attached
• noun countable A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
• noun countable An insulating wooly jacket
• noun roofing Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.
• verb Con or trick someone out of money.
• verb To shear the fleece from an animal (such as a sheep).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• verb shear the wool from
• noun tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing
• verb rip off; ask an unreasonable price
• noun outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
• noun a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing
• noun the wool of a sheep or similar animal