waulk

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waulk

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From Middle English walken, from Old English wealcian (“to roll up; muffle up”), from Proto-West Germanic *walkōn, from Proto-Germanic *walkōną (“to roll about; full (cloth)”).

Cognate with Scots waulk (“to full”), Dutch walken (“to full”), German walken (“to full”), Danish valke (“to full”), Swedish valka (“to full”). Doublet of walk.

verb waulks · waulking · waulked

transitive to make cloth (especially tweed in Scotland) denser and more felt-like by soaking and beating. The frame on which the cloth is waulked is a board some twelve to twenty-four feet long and about two feet broad, grooved lengthwise along its surface.
Similar: full, walk

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@misc{waulk_2026,
  title = {waulk},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/waulk},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}