Eure river and old fulling mills in Chartres #1
by RicardMN Photography
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Eure river and old fulling mills in Chartres #1
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RicardMN Photography
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Fulling or tucking or walking is a step in woolen clothmaking which involves the cleansing of cloth (particularly wool) to eliminate oils, dirt, and other impurities, and making it thicker. The worker who does the job is a fuller, tucker, or walker. The Welsh word for a fulling mill ("moulin a foulon" in France) is pandy, which appears in many place-names.
From the medieval period, the fulling of cloth often was undertaken in a water mill, known as a fulling mill, a walk mill, or a tuck mill.
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