The process of cleansing, shrinking, and thickening cloth by moisture, heat, and pressure.
To shrink fabric and give it extra thickness and strength. in the old days, woolens were placed in water then pounded and twisted to make intelock and mat.
The process of cleansing, shrinking and thickening cloth with heat, pressure and moisture.
The process of cleansing and felting the cloth. The fulling mill is sometimes known as a walk or tuck mill.
A finishing process in which the woven or knitted cloth is subjected to moisture, heat and friction causing it to shrink considerably in both directions and become compact and solid. In heavily fulled fabrics both the weave and the yarn are obscured, thus giving the apprearance of felt.
A process which turns woollen cloth into felt by the application of heat, water and pressure, which locks together the fibres. Fulling mills used water power to lift drop hammers which constantly pounded the material. In earlier times, similar results were achieved by treading the cloth under foot - if your name is Walker, your ancestors probably did this work
washing and finishing process fro woollen cloth
Fulling or walking ("waulking" in Scotland) is a step in clothmaking which involves the cleansing of cloth (particularly wool) to get rid of oils, dirt, and other impurities.
