'Fleece wool' definitions:

Definition of 'Fleece wool'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Who shore me Like a tame wether, all my precious fleece. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Manuf.) The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine. [1913 Webster]
  • Fleece wool, wool shorn from the sheep.
  • Golden fleece. See under Golden. [1913 Webster]