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Meaning of FULLING

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Full"ing\, n.
The process of cleansing, shrinking, and thickening cloth by
moisture, heat, and pressure.

{Fulling mill}, a mill for fulling cloth as by means of
   pesties or stampers, which alternately fall into and rise
   from troughs where the cloth is placed with hot water and
   fuller's earth, or other cleansing materials.

 

 

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