Definition of: fleece

(flēs) noun
1. The coat of wool covering a sheep.
2. The entire coat of wool sheared from a sheep.
3. Anything resembling a fleece in quality or appearance.
4. A textile fabric with a soft silky pile, used for linings, etc.; also, the nap.
5. Meat from the ribs of buffalo.
6. Bear fat, used as food.
—v.t. fleeced, fleec·ing
1. To shear the fleece from.
2. To swindle; defraud.
3. To cover or fleck as with fleece. [OE flēos]
—fleece′a·ble adjective