Fulling

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of becoming full: as, the fulling of the moon.
  • noun. Baptism.
  • noun. The process of cleansing, scouring, and pressing woolen goods to felt the fibers together and make the cloth stronger and firmer. It is also termed milling, because the cloth is scoured in a water-mill.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The process of cleansing, shrinking, and thickening cloth by moisture, heat, and pressure.
  • noun. a mill for fulling cloth as by means of pesties or stampers, which alternately fall into and rise from troughs where the cloth is placed with hot water and fuller's earth, or other cleansing materials.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of full. To make cloth denser and firmer.
  • noun. Baptism.
  • Word Usage
    "Another type of song: the fuller's song, used in fulling the homespun in the old-fashioned style."
    verb-stem
    full  fuller