Definition of Fullery

1. n. The place or the works where the fulling of cloth is carried on.

Definition of Fullery

1. Noun. a place built for the process of fulling wool in cloth-making. Usually refers to a period in history before the process was carried out at a mill. ¹

2. Noun. a workshop where clothes are cleaned, particularly in Roman times. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fullery

1. a place for fulling cloth [n -ERIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fullery

fuller's teasel
fullerane
fulleranes
fullered
fullerene
fullerenes
fulleride
fullerides
fulleries
fullering
fullerite
fullerites
fulleroid
fulleroids
fullers
fullery (current term)
fullest
fullface
fullfaces
fullfed
fullfeed
fullfledged
fullfreme
fullhead
fulling
fulling mill
fulling mills
fullish
fullmade
fullmart

Literary usage of Fullery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monthly Consular and Trade Reports by United States Bureau of Manufactures (1886)
"Shed building A.—fullery and wool scouring. Shed building D.—Boiler house, two steam boilers. f ARK A OF FLOOR SURFACES. ..."

2. Pompeii, Its Life and Art by August Mau (1907)
"fullery. 22. Casa della Fontana Grande. 23. Casa della Fontana Piccola. Regina Mar- ix. 2. House of Meleager — casa Casa del Triclinio. ..."

3. Report of the International Commission to Inquire Into the Causes and (1914)
"That the old woman Elena Mitreva, says that she kept close to the fullery, and saw when the officers were led off. They were marching in front, ..."

4. Publication by Division of Intercourse and Education (1914)
"That the old woman Elena Mitreva, says that she kept close to the fullery, and saw when the officers were led off. They were marching in front, ..."

5. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"A species of clay having the properties of absorbing oil. fullery, (ful'-ler-re) nt The place where the trade of a fuller is exercised. ..."

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