walker's soapn.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːkəz səʊp/, U.S.

/ˈwɔkərz ˌsoʊp/,

/ˈwɑkərz ˌsoʊp/

Forms: also with capital initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English walker , waulker n., soap n.¹

Etymology: < the genitive of walker, variant of waulker n. + soap n.¹ Compare earlier walker's clay n., walker's earth n.

English regional (west midlands). Now historical.

= fuller's earth n.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [noun] > stratum > stratum by constitution > fuller's earth

fuller's eartha1350

walker's claya1398

fuller's clay1581

cledge1724

wall-earth1724

walker's soap1839

1839 G. C. Lewis Gloss. Provinc. Words Herefordshire Walker's Earth, or Soap, fuller's earth.

1911 Trans. Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club 35 At ‘Hazle’ blue flaggy rock is worked, and still farther east laminated sandy beds and shales with ‘Walker's Soap’ come on.

1938 Trans. Newcomen Soc. 17 188 The village people in some parts seem to have made use for cleansing purposes of a saponaceous clay which occurs in layers in the Upper Ludlow Shales, and was known as ‘Walker's Soap’, no doubt because it was used by the walkers or fullers.

1986 R. H. S. Robertson Fuller's Earth 222 In the Silurian rocks of the Welsh Marches..Murchison noticed a number of bands of yellowish-white clay which were called locally ‘Walker's Earth’ or ‘Walker's Soap’ because it was used for cleansing purposes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	walkers soap
释义	walker's soapn. Brit. /ˈwɔːkəz səʊp/, U.S. /ˈwɔkərz ˌsoʊp/, /ˈwɑkərz ˌsoʊp/ Forms: also with capital initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English walker , waulker n., soap n.¹ Etymology: < the genitive of walker, variant of waulker n. + soap n.¹ Compare earlier walker's clay n., walker's earth n. English regional (west midlands). Now historical. = fuller's earth n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [noun] > stratum > stratum by constitution > fuller's earth fuller's eartha1350 walker's claya1398 fuller's clay1581 cledge1724 wall-earth1724 walker's soap1839 1839 G. C. Lewis Gloss. Provinc. Words Herefordshire Walker's Earth, or Soap, fuller's earth. 1911 Trans. Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club 35 At ‘Hazle’ blue flaggy rock is worked, and still farther east laminated sandy beds and shales with ‘Walker's Soap’ come on. 1938 Trans. Newcomen Soc. 17 188 The village people in some parts seem to have made use for cleansing purposes of a saponaceous clay which occurs in layers in the Upper Ludlow Shales, and was known as ‘Walker's Soap’, no doubt because it was used by the walkers or fullers. 1986 R. H. S. Robertson Fuller's Earth 222 In the Silurian rocks of the Welsh Marches..Murchison noticed a number of bands of yellowish-white clay which were called locally ‘Walker's Earth’ or ‘Walker's Soap’ because it was used for cleansing purposes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1839
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