sheep fleece
21fleece — [[t]flis[/t]] n. v. fleeced, fleec•ing 1) the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal 2) the wool shorn from a sheep at one shearing 3) something resembling a fleece 4) tex a) a fabric with a thick, fleecelike pile or nap, used for… …
22fleece — [[t]fli͟ːs[/t]] fleeces, fleecing, fleeced 1) N COUNT A sheep s fleece is the coat of wool that covers it. 2) N COUNT A fleece is the wool that is cut off one sheep in a single piece. 3) VERB If you fleece someone, you get a lot of money from… …
23fleece — fleece1 [ flis ] noun 1. ) count or uncount the wool on a sheep 2. ) uncount a type of soft artificial cloth used for making clothes, that looks and feels like a sheep s fleece: a fleece pullover a ) count BRITISH a short jacket or PULLOVER made… …
24fleece — 1. noun /fliːs/ a) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal b) Insulating skin with the wool attached 2. verb /fliːs/ a) Con or trick someone out of money. During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days …
25Sheep husbandry — Australian Merino Sheep Sheep husbandry is a subcategory of animal husbandry specifically dealing with the raising and breeding of domestic sheep. Sheep farming is primarily based on raising lambs for meat, or raising sheep for wool. Sheep may… …
26fleece — I. noun Etymology: Middle English flees, from Old English flēos; akin to Middle High German vlius fleece and perhaps to Latin pluma feather, down Date: before 12th century 1. a. the coat of wool covering a wool bearing animal (as a sheep) b. the… …
27sheep-dip — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a liquid preparation of toxic chemicals into which sheep are plunged especially to destroy parasitic arthropods (as lice, mites, keds, ticks) 2. : a coal tar disinfectant for use about farms or on animals wounds * * * /sheep… …
28sheep — /ʃip / (say sheep) noun (plural sheep) 1. a common domesticated ruminant, Ovis aries, which has many domesticated varieties or breeds, valuable for their flesh, fleece, etc. 2. any of the ruminant mammals constituting the genus Ovis, family… …
29Fleece — The wool of a sheep, whether shorn off or still attached to the skin (Deut. 18:4; Job 31:20). The miracle of Gideon s fleece (Judg. 6:37 40) consisted in the dew having fallen at one time on the fleece without any on the floor, and at another… …
30fleece — fleece1 [fli:s] n [: Old English; Origin: fleos] 1.) the woolly coat of a sheep, especially the wool and skin of a sheep when it has been made into a piece of clothing 2.) [U] an artificial soft material used to make warm jackets 3.) BrE a jacket …
