fuller1
/ˈfʊlə
/noun
A person whose occupation is fulling cloth.This had been demonstrated before in the Marian persecution in the 1550s where many of the martyrs had occupations such as labourers, weavers, carpenters and fullers....
- Le Balle was also one of the places where fullers set up tenters used to stretch out cloth to dry.
- The charter created the town's first link with the textile industry as it allowed fullers - who cleansed and thickened cloth by washing and beating it - to ply their trade in Bolton.
Origin
Old English fullere, from Latin fullo, of unknown origin.
Rhymes
fuller2
/ˈfʊlə/noun
1A grooved or rounded tool on which iron is shaped.Once the billet was finished I forged a bar out of the billet, forged the shoulder, then the tip and edges, next the fuller was forged in with a fullering tool I built for this sword, lastly the tang was hammered in.
1.1A groove made by a fuller, especially in a horseshoe.The object of the present invention is to provide an improved method of manufacturing a horseshoe with fullering using traditional smithing techniques whilst avoiding undesirable deformation.
verb [with object]
Stamp (iron) with a fuller.These stations have names such as fullering, blocking, edging, bending and cut off....
- The broad, fullered blade with a clipped-back point seen on the sword shown on the salt is quite impractical for hunting.
- While the blade is substantial, it is fullered to provide balance and good handling characteristics.
Origin
Early 19th century (as a verb): of unknown origin.