Talk:Fulling
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The etymology given is wrong. Its name does not 'come from the fact that the cleaned cloth is left more "full" (springy of texture) than was the dirty cloth before fulling'. It comes from a Latin word "Fullo". Where the Latin comes from is not known. See Online Etymology Dictionary and many other dictionaries. 192.117.103.141 3 July 2005 11:16 (UTC)
- The OED (2nd Edition) says that the Latin term fullare, "to full cloth," comes from fullo, "a fuller," a term of unknown origin. There are also Old French and obsolete English usages with the sense of "to step on or trample down." Since the article doesn't list any sources contradicting this, I'm removing the part about cleaning togas. Chelt 18:38, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Use of Human Urine
What about the use of human urine in fulling? I think it'd be fairly good to at least give it a mention. It was important enough in Rome to levy a tax, after all. 74.116.116.101 09:11, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
