WAULK

Etymology

Verb

waulk (third-person singular simple present waulks, present participle waulking, simple past and past participle waulked)

(transitive, obsolete, Northern England, Scotland) to make cloth (especially tweed in Scotland) denser and more felt-like by soaking and beating.

Synonyms

• (make denser and more like felt by soaking and beating): full, walk

Source: Wiktionary



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