English Explanatory Dictionary

waulk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. to make cloth (especially tweed in Scotland) denser and more felt-like by soaking and beating.

Word forms

waulk waulks waulking waulked

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

full walk
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