Meanings (ES + gloss)
lana • toisón • vellocino • vellón
Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
Wool became the substitute for money. […] In all the middle periods of British history, the fleece was the expression and the measure of national prosperity or calamity.
piel • vellón • zalea
Insulating skin with the wool attached
forro polar • polar • vellón polar
A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
desplumar • esquilmar
To con or trick (someone) out of money.
There is a difference between bookmaking, an entirely respectable profession, and fleecing people, which isn’t.
esquilar
To cut off the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).
During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days.
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