fleece
/fliːs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.36 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
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Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Wool became the substitute for money. […] In all the middle periods of British history, the fleece was the expression and the measure of national prosperity or calamity."
- "We carefully skirt and weigh each fleece, calculate shipping, and notify the buyer when the fleece is ready. Sound but more workaday fleeces are batched to make roving and yarn."
- "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."
- "There is a difference between bookmaking, an entirely respectable profession, and fleecing people, which isn’t."
- "During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days."
Etymology
From Middle English fles, flees, flese, from Old English flēos, flīes, flȳs, from Proto-West Germanic *fleus.
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China fleece vine
Chinese fleece vine
feather fleece
fleece rot
fleece vine
fleece wool
fleece worm
Golden Fleece