Felt
Felt is a textile material that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing fibers together. Felt can be made of natural fibers such as wool or animal fur, or from synthetic fibers such as petroleum-based acrylic or acrylonitrile or wood pulp-based rayon. Blended fibers are also common.
Felt (noun)
A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.
Felt (noun)
A hat made of felt.
Felt (noun)
A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt.
Felt (verb)
To make into felt, or a feltlike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together.
Felt (verb)
To cover with, or as if with, felt.
“to felt the cylinder of a steam engine”
Felt (verb)
(poker) To cause a player to lose all their chips.
Felt (adjective)
That has been experienced or perceived.
Fleece (noun)
Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
Fleece (noun)
Insulating skin with the wool attached
Fleece (noun)
A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
Fleece (noun)
An insulating wooly jacket
Fleece (noun)
Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.
Fleece (noun)
Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
Fleece (noun)
The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
Fleece (verb)
To con or trick (someone) out of money.
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Fleece (verb)
To shear the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).
“During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days.”
Fleece (verb)
To cover with, or as if with, wool.
Fleece (noun)
the woolly covering of a sheep or goat
“he clutched the ram by two handfuls of thick fleece”
“as the sheep came on board, we grabbed their long shaggy fleeces”
Fleece (noun)
the wool shorn from a sheep in a single piece at one time
“the shed can be used for storing fleeces”
Fleece (noun)
a representation of a fleece suspended from a ring.
Fleece (noun)
a soft warm fabric with a texture similar to sheep’s wool, used as a lining material
“a reversible fleece jacket”
Fleece (noun)
a jacket or other garment made from a fleece fabric.
Fleece (verb)
obtain a great deal of money from (someone), typically by overcharging or swindling them
“the city’s cab drivers are notorious for fixing fares and fleecing tourists”
Fleece (verb)
cover as if with a fleece
“the sky was half blue, half fleeced with white clouds”