Translation and analysis of words by artificial intelligence
On this page you can get a detailed analysis of a word or phrase, produced by the best artificial intelligence technology to date:
- how the word is used
- frequency of use
- it is used more often in oral or written speech
- word translation options
- usage examples (several phrases with translation)
- etymology
What (who) is fulling mill - definition
![Manual trampling, drawing after an [[Ancient Roman]] fresco in the [[Fullonica of Stephanus]], Pompeii. A [[fullonica]] is a fullery and laundry shop.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities - an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors (14772708972).jpg?width=200 "Manual trampling, drawing after an [[Ancient Roman]] fresco in the [[Fullonica of Stephanus]], Pompeii. A [[fullonica]] is a fullery and laundry shop.")
.jpg?width=200 "Raising the nap, Roman fresco")
![A driving-stock fulling mill from [[Georg Andreas Böckler]]'s ''Theatrum Machinarum Novum'', 1661](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fulling mill bockler.jpg?width=200 "A driving-stock fulling mill from [[Georg Andreas Böckler]]'s ''Theatrum Machinarum Novum'', 1661")
Wikipedia
Fulling, also known as tucking or walking (Scots: waukin, hence often spelled waulking in Scottish English), is a step in woollen clothmaking which involves the cleansing of woven cloth (particularly wool) to eliminate (lanoline) oils, dirt, and other impurities, and to make it shrink by friction and pressure. The work delivers a smooth, tightly finished fabric that is isolating and water repellent. Well known example are duffel cloth, first produced in Flanders in the 14th century and loden, produced in Austria from the 16th century on.
Waulking could be done with the hands and feet. In Medieval Europe, it was done in water-powered fulling mills. After the industrial revolution, coal and electric power were used.
Felting refers more generally to the interlocking of loose wool fibers; they need not be spun and woven first.
