# fulling

Pronunciation: say "FUUL-ing" /ˈfʊlɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of full. — present participle and gerund of full
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of full. Use this form for the ongoing work of cleaning and thickening wool cloth.
   - _By the river, the workers were fulling lengths of woven wool._
   - _Fulling the fabric shrank and thickened it into a dense felt._

## Noun

2. The process of cleansing and compacting woven wool cloth so that it thickens and becomes denser.
   - Simple: A way of cleaning and beating wool cloth so it becomes thicker and stronger.
   - _Fulling was once done by trampling the wet cloth underfoot._
   - _The mill specialized in fulling before the wool went to the dyers._
3. The religious rite of baptism, by which water is used to admit a person into the Christian church.
   - Simple: A church ceremony in which water is used to welcome a person into the Christian faith.
   - _The infant's fulling was held at the font before the whole congregation._
   - _He could recall nothing of his own fulling, having been only a few weeks old._

## Origin

**Meaning 3** — From Middle English fulling, fullynge, from the verb fullen or fulwen ("to baptise"), equivalent to full + -ing.
**Meanings 1–2** — Formed from full + -ing.

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