English-Dutch translations for fleece

vel
Het is nooit de bedoeling van de stad Straatsburg geweest om dit Parlement “het vel over de oren te trekken”. It was never the City of Strasbourg’s intention to ‘fleece’ this Assembly.
vlies
Wanneer we kijken naar het Europese continent zelf, dat de oorsprong is van antieke legenden en van het Gulden Vlies, dan zien we dat Georgië een van de oudste christelijke landen is. When we consider the Continent of Europe itself, which is home to the land of Antique legends and the Golden Fleece, Georgia is one of the oldest Christian states. Wij, Grieken, weten al 3000 jaar wat zeevervoer is. Het eerste zeetransport in de geschiedenis was dat van het Gulden Vlies tijdens de tocht van de Argonauten, 5500 jaar geleden.We, as Greeks, have been very familiar with this means of transport for 3 000 years: the first cargo recorded in maritime history was the golden fleece carried by the Argonauts 5 500 years ago.

Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen
Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer
The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine
To con or trick out of money
To shear the fleece from (a sheep or other animal
To cover with, or as if with, wool

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