walker's earth

English

Alternative forms

• Walker's earth

Etymology

From walker (“fuller, felt-maker”) + earth (“dirt, soil”). Cf. German Walkererde.

Noun

walker's earth (uncountable)

1. (now dialect, rare) Synonym of fuller's earth.

References

• “walker’s earth, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.