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 dialectal, rare) Synonym of fuller's earth.

References
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