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Fleece wool

Fleece \Fleece\ (fl[=e]s), n. [OE. flees, AS. fle['o]s; akin to D. flies, vlies.]

  1. 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.

    Who shore me Like a tame wether, all my precious fleece.
    --Milton.

  2. Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.

  3. (Manuf.) The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.

    Fleece wool, wool shorn from the sheep.

    Golden fleece. See under Golden.