noun
fuller
FUU-luh
noun
1
Someone whose trade is fulling — cleaning and thickening cloth by soaking and beating it.
"Medieval fullers used stale urine to help clean the wool."
2
A blacksmith's tool used to shape a groove into hot metal, or the groove itself.
"The bladesmith used a fuller to cut the central groove into the sword."
How to Use Fuller
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old trade word for a cloth-worker, and separately a blacksmithing tool and the groove it makes.
Word Forms
fullered past tense, fullers plural, fullers plural, fullers singular
Study it as flashcards or scroll it in Flow — saved to your collection.
Test yourself on “fuller”
A quick quiz — meaning, synonyms & usage
→
Fill the Gap
Can you complete this real example?
The bladesmith used a _____ to cut the central groove into the sword.
Etymology
From Old English fullere, from Latin fullo ("one who fulls cloth").