OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 35184

fuller's earth

/ˌfʊləz ˈɜːθ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
tierra de batán
A fine clay used in fulling cloth.
On Lord Sunderland's estate, in the county of Westmeath, there is a fine strata of fuller’s earth, a commodity of which our woollen manufacturers stand much in need: yet this bed l…
You are probably aware that fuller’s earth is a valuable product, and that it is only found in one or two places in England?
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