fleece

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal.

   “The Sun ſhall change, the Moon to change ſhall ceaſe; / The Gaits to clim-----the Sheep to yield the Fleece, / Ere ought by me be either ſaid or done, / Shall do thee Wrang, I ſwear by all aboon.”

2. isim Insulating skin with the wool attached.
3. isim A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
4. isim An insulating wooly jacket.
5. isim Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.
6. isim Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.

   “Alas! in the morning the eaglet was gone; and, full of sorrow, they stooped to pick up the shining fleece with which the floor was spread. At their touch, every feather became a golden coin.”

7. isim The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
8. fiil To con or trick (someone) out of money.

   “There is a difference between bookmaking, an entirely respectable profession, and fleecing people, which isn’t.”

9. fiil To cut off the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).

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

10. fiil To cover with, or as if with, wool.