fuller's earth

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfʊləz ˈɜːθ/

Noun

fuller's earth (uncountable)

1. A fine clay used in fulling cloth.

   Synonym: walker's earth (rare)

   • 1785 October 17, The Times, page 3 col. D:

     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 lies unnoticed to all, except the peasantry on the soil.

   • 1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb‎^[1]:

     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?

Translations

A fine clay used in fulling cloth

• Bengali: সর্জি (bn) (śorji), সর্জিকা (bn) (śorjika), ক্ষারমৃত্তিকা (bn) (kharomrittika)
• Bulgarian: хума f (huma)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 漂白土 (zh) (piǎobáitǔ)

• Egyptian: (ꜣrwkt m)
• French: terre à foulon (fr) f, argile smectique
• German: Walkererde f, Bleicherde f, Fullererde
• Hindi: मुल्तानी मिट्टी f (multānī miṭṭī)
• Irish: cré úcaire m
• Kazakh: фуллер топырағы (fuller topyrağy)
• Latin: creta fullonia f
• Malayalam: മുൾട്ടാണി മിട്ടി (muḷṭṭāṇi miṭṭi)
• Nepali: मुल्तानी माटो (multānī māṭo)
• Punjabi: ਮੁਲ‍ਤਾਨੀ ਮਿੱਟੀ f (mula‍tānī miṭṭī)
• Spanish: tierra de batán
• Swedish: valklera c, blekjord c
• Ukrainian: відбі́лювальні гли́ни f pl (vidbíljuvalʹni hlýny)
• Urdu: ملتانی مِٹّی f (multānī miṭṭī)
• Welsh: clai pannwr, m, pridd pannwr m