fleeced

[ fleest ]

/ flist /

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adjective

having a fleece of a specified kind (usually used in combination): a thick-fleeced animal.

covered with fleece or a fleecelike material.

(of a fabric) having a softly napped surface.

Origin of fleeced

First recorded in 1520–30; fleece + -ed³

OTHER WORDS FROM fleeced

un·fleeced, adjective

Words nearby fleeced

fledged, fledgling, fledgy, flee, fleece, fleeced, fleece-vine, fleecie, fleecy, fleein', fleek

Example sentences from the Web for fleeced

He was not represented in the Raad (legislature) that oppressed him and fleeced him.
Following the Equator, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
The Hungarians were fleeced and barbarously oppressed by those to whom he intrusted the government of their country.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II.|Tobias Smollett
He was only anxious to serve me and have me fleeced as little as possible.
The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863|Various
Was it possible that the haughty Lord Huntingford had fixed upon him as the next lamb to be fleeced?
Nedra|George Barr McCutcheon

The men who were fleeced and had their small pay taken from them month after month, became reckless.
Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the World|Clifton R. Wooldridge