Fibre: Wool specialty hair fibres, cotton Weave: Plain, twill, pile or knitted Characteristics: Has a deep, soft nap or pile, obtained by heavily napping with wire brushes or with a pile weave This provides air space giving good insulating properties without too much weight The interlacings are will covered by the nap The nap wears out in time, but good quality cloth gives good wear Range from cheap to expensive clothes Material is often cumbersome and bulky, therefore it may be difficult to manipulate Also, the name for the entire coat of wool taken from a sheep at shearing time Uses: Mostly used for coats for men, women, and children
Fleece is a soft warm artificial fabric. A fleece is also a jacket or other garment made from this fabric. to charge someone too much money for something, especially by tricking them
A synthetic material, mostly polyester, which has properties which are good for hillwalking Sweaters made of fleece are warm (reasonably so, even when wet), dry quickly and are comfortable Also used for gloves, hats, etc Not windproof, so used in conjunction with a shell garment
If you fleece someone, you get a lot of money from them by tricking them or charging them too much. She claims he fleeced her out of thousands of pounds. = swindle
Luxurious fabric with a thick deep nap that provides warmth without weight May be twill or plain weave The term correctly applies only to wool fabrics, although there are so-called fleeces of other fabrics