fleeced

English

Verb

fleeced

  1. simple past and past participle of fleece

Adjective

fleeced (not comparable)

  1. Having a fleece.
    • 1848, Thomas Southey, The Rise, Progress and Present State of Colonial Wools, page 250:
      When once a demand for broad cloths is created, they will be open to the conviction that it will be to their advantage to exchange the doombas for fleeced sheep and hair of very trifling value for wool.
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