Talk:Fulling
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The etymology given is wrong. Its name does not 'come from the fact that the cleaned cloth is left more "full" (springy of texture) than was the dirty cloth before fulling'. It comes from a Latin word "Fullo". Where the Latin comes from is not known. See Online Etymology Dictionary and many other dictionaries. 192.117.103.141 3 July 2005 11:16 (UTC)
- The OED (2nd Edition) says that the Latin term fullare, "to full cloth," comes from fullo, "a fuller," a term of unknown origin. There are also Old French and obsolete English usages with the sense of "to step on or trample down." Since the article doesn't list any sources contradicting this, I'm removing the part about cleaning togas. Chelt 18:38, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Use of Human Urine
What about the use of human urine in fulling? I think it'd be fairly good to at least give it a mention. It was important enough in Rome to levy a tax, after all. 74.116.116.101 09:11, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Etymology of 'Tuck' mills
Hi, great to find this article! I'm wondering what the etymology of 'Tuck' in the name is? Is the origin akin to that of the 'Tuck shop'? If Tuck Mills and Fulling mills are precisely the same thing, it would appear to me that 'Tuck Mill' was far and away the most common term used in Ireland. 193.1.172.104 17:28, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
- I Have eben unable to discover a difference between Fulling Mills, Walk Mills, Tucking Mills, and Welsh Pandys. I cannot help on the etymology, but I doubt there is any close relationship with school tuck shops. Peterkingiron 17:13, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
