单词 | fullery |
释义 | fulleryn. An establishment where cloth is fulled; a fulling mill. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > fulling > mill waulk mill1241 fulling mill1388 tucking-mill1467 tuck-milla1641 fullery1728 tucking-stock1751 walk mill1773 plash-mill1795 waulking-mill1805 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Fullery, a Work-house, or Place where Cloths, &c. are fulled. [Also in later dictionaries.] 1748 tr. N. A. Pluche Spectacle de la Nature VI. (Explanation of Plates) p. xv The Place for cleaning and scouring the Stuffs. It is also called the Fullery. 1833 Treat. Arts, Manuf., Manners, & Inst. Greeks & Romans (Cabinet Cycl.) I. ii. ii. 345 So keen were the ancients for gossiping, that the fulleries were, like the barbers' shops, places of rendezvous even for philosophers and grammarians. 1901 Archaeologia 59 213 The remains seem to be those of an ordinary fullery. 1949 Classical Rev. 63 52/2 Fuller's earth has been found in Pompeiian fulleries. 2013 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 117 95/2 The paintings of the heroes on the fullery advertised its owner's links to the prestigious Eumachia, patroness of the fullers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1728 |
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