Fleece vs. Shearling — What's the Difference?

The woolly covering of a sheep or goat

Shearling is a skin from a recently shorn sheep or lamb that has been tanned and dressed with the wool left on. It has a suede surface on one side and a clipped fur surface on the other.

A soft warm fabric with a texture similar to sheep's wool, used as a lining material

A young sheep that has been sheared once.

Obtain a great deal of money from (someone), typically by overcharging or swindling them

The tanned skin of a sheared sheep or lamb, with the short wool still attached.

Cover as if with a fleece

A synthetic material that resembles shearling.

The coat of wool of a sheep or similar animal.

A sheep that has been shorn for the first time

The yield of wool shorn from a sheep at one time.

A sheepskin or lambskin that has gone through a limited shearing process so that the fibers are of uniform depth

A soft woolly covering or mass.

A sheep but once sheared.

A soft, warm, lightweight, usually synthetic fabric with a deep pile, used primarily for clothing and blankets.

A garment, especially a shirt or jacket, made of such fabric.

To defraud of money or property; swindle.

To shear the fleece from.

To cover with a fleece or similar covering.

(uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal

(uncountable) Insulating skin with the wool attached

(countable) A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.

(countable) An insulating wooly jacket

(roofing) Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.

Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.

The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.

(transitive) To con or trick (someone) out of money.

(transitive) To shear the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).

(transitive) To cover with, or as if with, wool.

The entire coat of wool that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time.

Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.

The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.

To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool.

To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions.

To spread over as with wool.

The wool of a sheep or similar animal

Tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing

A soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing

Outer coat of especially sheep and yaks

Rip off; ask an unreasonable price

Shear the wool from;