Fleece vs. Velour

Fleece and Velour Definitions
Fleece
The coat of wool of a sheep or similar animal.
Velour
A closely napped fabric resembling velvet, used chiefly for clothing and upholstery.
Fleece
The yield of wool shorn from a sheep at one time.
Velour
A felt resembling velvet, used in making hats.
Fleece
A soft woolly covering or mass.
Velour
A knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser.
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Fleece
A soft, warm, lightweight, usually synthetic fabric with a deep pile, used primarily for clothing and blankets.
Velour
Heavy fabric that resembles velvet
Fleece
A garment, especially a shirt or jacket, made of such fabric.
Fleece
To defraud of money or property; swindle.
Fleece
To shear the fleece from.
Fleece
To cover with a fleece or similar covering.
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Fleece
(uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
Fleece
(uncountable) Insulating skin with the wool attached
Fleece
(countable) A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
Fleece
(countable) An insulating wooly jacket
Fleece
(roofing) Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.
Fleece
Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
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Fleece
The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
Fleece
(transitive) To con or trick (someone) out of money.
Fleece
(transitive) 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
(transitive) To cover with, or as if with, wool.
Fleece
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.
Who shore meLike a tame wether, all my precious fleece.
Fleece
Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
Fleece
The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
Fleece
To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool.
Fleece
To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions.
Whilst pope and prince shared the wool betwixt them, the people were finely fleeced.
Fleece
To spread over as with wool.
Fleece
The wool of a sheep or similar animal
Fleece
Tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing
Fleece
A soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing
Fleece
Outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
Fleece
Rip off; ask an unreasonable price
Fleece
Shear the wool from;
Shear sheep