Thesaurus: fulling
of Full
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Definitions
- p. pr. & vb. n. of Full
- n. The process of cleansing, shrinking, and thickening cloth by moisture, heat, and pressure.
- The process of cleansing, shrinking, and thickening cloth by moisture, heat, and pressure. Fulling mill, 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.
- The process of cleansing, shrinking, and thickening cloth bymoisture, heat, and pressure. Fulling mill, a mill for fulling clothas by means of pesties or stampers, which alternately fall into andrise from troughs where the cloth is placed with hot water andfuller's earth, or other cleansing materials.
- v beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening v make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering v increase in phase