n. The coat of wool that covers a sheep, or that is shorn from a sheep at one time.n. Something resembling a fleece of wool in quality or appearance.n. Specifically— A textile fabric with a Soft silky pile, used for warmth, as for lining certain garments, gloves, etc.n. The long and soft nap or pile of such a fabric.n. The loose and thin sheet of cotton or wool coming from the breaking-card in the process of manufacture.n. In heraldry, the woolly skin of a sheep, usually so depicted that it resembles the animal itself, suspended by means of a ring passing around its middle.n. In a bison, the fat and lean meat which lies along the loin and ribs.n. [⟨ fleece, v.] A snatch; an attempt to fleece.To deprive of the fleece or natural covering of wool.To clip or diminish, as a fleece: said of dishonest taking of goods or property.To strip of money or property unfairly or under false pretenses; rob heartlessly; take from without mercy.To spread over as if with a fleece of wool.n. In anat., white fibers, resembling wool, encircling the corpus dentatum in the cerebellum. Also called fleece of Stilling.