The coat of 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, verb_ shear the wool from, Con or trick someone out of money, transitive verb_ 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, rare To spread over as with wool