waulk

词形变化

waulked waulking waulks 三单 waulks waulking 现在分词 waulked 过去式 waulked 过去分词

别名

wauk

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    to make cloth (especially tweed in Scotland) denser and more felt-like by soaking and beating.

    及物

    1992, Diana Gabaldon, Dragonfly in Amber, Random House Group (Arrow Books), page 590, I hid a smile at the mention of wool waulking. Alone among the Highland farms, I was sure, the women of Lailybroch waulked their wool not only to the old traditional chants but also to the rhythms of Moliére and Piron.

词源

From Middle English walken, from Old English wealcian (“to roll up; muffle up”), from Proto-West Germanic *walkōn, from Proto-Germanic *walkōną (“to roll about; full (cloth)”). Cognate with Scots waulk (“to full”), Dutch walken (“to full”), German walken (“to full”), Danish valke (“to full”), Swedish valka (“to full”). Doublet of walk.

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