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waulkings

waulkings is the plural of waulking.

Meaning of waulking

Noun

waulking (plural waulkings)

  1. 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

Questions about waulkings

What is waulkings the plural of?
Waulkings is the plural of waulking.

Words near waulkings in the dictionary

  1. waulk
  2. waulked
  3. waulker
  4. waulkers
  5. waulking
  6. waulkings
  7. waulkmill
  8. waulkmiller
  9. waulkmillers
  10. waulkmills
  11. waulks

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