AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE EQUIPMENT

Mountain Equipment Touchstone Fleece

mountain equipment


Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) is a Canadian consumers' cooperative, which sells outdoor recreation gear and clothing. MEC is notable for its commitment to environmental protection and other causes.

touchstone


A standard or criterion by which something is judged or recognized


standard: a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; "the schools comply with federal standards"; "they set the measure for all subsequent work"


A piece of fine-grained dark schist or jasper formerly used for testing alloys of gold by observing the color of the mark that they made on it


Touchstone is a 1980s rock band out of Vienna, Austria. The group was made up of founding member and singer/song writer Dain Turner, guitarist Hossein Yasery-Manesh, keyboardist Christian Skokan, bassist Gunter Kopler, and drummer Alfred Vollbauer.


Touchstone is the name of the court fool or jester character in Shakespeare's play As You Like It.

fleece


overcharge: rip off; ask an unreasonable price


shear the wool from; "shear sheep"


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


Cover as if with a fleece


the wool of a sheep or similar animal