FULLING-MILL
\fˈʊlɪŋmˈɪl], \fˈʊlɪŋmˈɪl], \f_ˈʊ_l_ɪ_ŋ_m_ˈɪ_l]\
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A mill for fulling cloth by means of pestles or stampers, which beat and press it to a close or compact state, and cleanse it. The principal parts of a fulling-mill are the wheel, with its trundle, which gives motion to the tree or spindle, whose teeth communicate that motion to the pestles or stampers, which fall into troughs, wherein the cloth is put, with fuller's-earth, to be scoured and thickened by this process of beating.
By Daniel Lyons
