waulking
waulking is the present participle and gerund of waulk.
Meaning of waulk
Verb
waulk (third-person singular simple present waulks, present participle waulking, simple past and past participle waulked)
- to make cloth (especially tweed in Scotland) denser and more felt-like by soaking and beating.
- The frame on which the cloth is waulked is a board some twelve to twenty-four feet long and about two feet broad, grooved lengthwise along its surface.1900, Alexander Carmichael, Carmina Gadelica, volume 1, page 310
Noun
waulking (plural waulkings)
- The work by which cloth is waulked.
- But in the Outer Hebrides in particular, this form of work song still existed, attached to its original function, well into the 20th century, for waulkings continued to be practised as a communal task by women in their homes until the 1940s.2012, Gary West, Voicing Scotland: Culture and Tradition in a Modern Nation, page 54
Forms of waulking
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Questions about waulking
- What does waulking mean?
- Waulking means the work by which cloth is waulked.
- What is waulking the present participle and gerund of?
- Waulking is the present participle and gerund of waulk.
- What part of speech is waulking?
- Waulking is a noun.
- What is the plural of waulking?
- The plural of waulking is waulkings.
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