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Fulling vs Fullery - What's the difference?

fulling | fullery |

As nouns the difference between fulling and fullery

is that fulling is baptism while fullery is a place built for the process of fulling wool in cloth-making usually refers to a period in history before the process was carried out at a mill.

As a verb fulling

is to make cloth denser and firmer.

fulling

Etymology 1

From (etyl) fulling, fullynge, from fullen, .

Noun

(en noun)
  • Baptism.
  • Etymology 2

    From full.

    Verb

    (head)
  • To make cloth denser and firmer.
  • fullery

    English

    Noun

    (fulleries)
  • a place built for the process of fulling wool in cloth-making. Usually refers to a period in history before the process was carried out at a mill.
  • a workshop where clothes are cleaned, particularly in Roman times.http://www.ostia-antica.org/dict/topics/fullones/intro.htm
  • Synonyms

    * fulling mill

    References