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Word entry · 6 letters

fleece

Best crossword clue

"Sheep's wool"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /fliːs/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ceeeflStarts with FEnds with E2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. shear the wool from

Word origin

From Middle English fles, flees, flese, from Old English flēos, flīes, flȳs, from Proto-West Germanic *fleus.

Used in a sentence

  • The Sun ſhall change, the Moon to change ſhall ceaſe; / The Gaits to clim-----the Sheep to yield the Fleece, / Ere ought by me be either ſaid or done, / Shall do thee Wrang, I ſwear by all aboon.
  • Wool became the substitute for money. […] In all the middle periods of British history, the fleece was the expression and the measure of national prosperity or calamity.
  • We carefully skirt and weigh each fleece, calculate shipping, and notify the buyer when the fleece is ready. Sound but more workaday fleeces are batched to make roving and yarn.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Sheep's wool6 letters
02Sheep's coat6 letters

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