Fleece

From Middle English flees, from Old English flÄ“os. Cognate to Albanian lesh ("wool") and Russian Ð²Ð¾Ð»Ð¾Ñ ("a hair").

Full definition of fleece

(countable and uncountable; plural fleeces)

(uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
(uncountable) Insulating skin with the wool attached
(countable) A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
(countable) An insulating wooly jacket
(roofing) Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.
Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.

to con or trick someone out of money
to shear the fleece from an animal (such as a sheep)
During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days.