fulled
- 1Simple past and past participle of full.
The weavers fulled the woolen cloth to make it denser before dyeing.
Once the fabric had been fulled, it shrank into a sturdy, tightly knit felt.
Note
A regular -ed form, so one spelling covers both the simple past (the weavers fulled the cloth) and the participle (the cloth had been fulled). The verb behind it is the cloth-worker's: soaking, beating and pressing woven wool until it grows denser and firmer, a process also called waulking or walking. Despite the spelling, it has nothing to do with filling a container. Fulled cloth is worked, not filled.
fulled is a form of full
full, verb: To become full or completely lit, as the moon does when it reaches its brightest phase. Full entry
- Spelling
- full → fulled: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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