waulking

English

Verb

waulking

  1. present participle of waulk

Noun

waulking (plural waulkings)

  1. The work by which cloth is waulked.
    • 2012, Gary West, Voicing Scotland: Culture and Tradition in a Modern Nation (page 54)
      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.
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