The fleece of such a sheep. In later use, spec. the woollen lining or body of a coat, etc. (chiefly U.S.).

With qualifying word. See also fell wool n. at fell, n.1 compounds, goat's-wool (goat, n. adj.compounds 3b), lambswool, n., skin-wool (skin, n.…

wool from a yearling sheep; the fleece produced by a sheep's first shearing (see sense 4b).

Now chiefly in form hogg. Chiefly British. The fleece or wool shorn from such a sheep. Now rare. Cf. hog fleece n. hog wool n. at compounds 2c.

a fleece taken from the carcass of a dead sheep (and therefore likely to be diseased).

In plural. The fleece of a one-year-old sheep. Obsolete. rare.