fuller
verbEtymology Unknown.
1
To form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer.
- to fuller a bayonet
fuller
nounUK /ˈfʊ.lə/ · US /ˈfʊ.ləɹ/
Etymology Inherited from Middle English fullere, from Old English fullere, from Latin fullō (“fuller”) + -ere; equivalent to full (“to densen cloth”) + -er.
1
One who fulls cloth.
- Near-synonyms: feltmaker, felter
- Derived terms
- fuller's earth, fuller's herb, fuller's thistle, fuller's weed