waulk

(Inglés)

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

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: walken

Herdado de Old English: wealcian

Relativo a escocés: waulk

Relativo a neerlandés: walken

Relativo a alemán: walken

Relativo a dinamarqués: valke

Relativo a sueco: valka

In summary

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.

Sinónimos

felt

full

walk

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