chamois vs fleece

chamois

noun
  • An absorbent cloth used for cleaning and polishing, formerly made of chamois leather. 

  • A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra. 

  • A padded insert which protects the groin from the bicycle saddle. 

  • The traditional colour of chamois leather. 

adj
  • Chamois-colored. 

verb
  • To clean with a chamois leather cloth. 

fleece

noun
  • Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece. 

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

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

  • Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer. 

  • An insulating wooly jacket 

  • Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal 

  • Insulating skin with the wool attached 

verb
  • To con or trick (someone) out of money. 

  • To cover with, or as if with, wool. 

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

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