verb · transitive

waulk

waulk · waulks · waulked · waulking

To make cloth denser and more felt-like by soaking and beatingTo make cloth (especially tweed in Scotland) denser and more felt-like by soaking and beating.

Meaning

1 senses

To make cloth (especially tweed in Scotland) denser and more felt-like by soaking and beating.

Origin

From Middle English walken, from Old English wealcian (“to roll up; muffle up”), from Prot

From Middle English walken, from Old English wealcian (“to roll up; muffle up”), from Proto-West Germanic *walkōn, from Proto-Germanic *walkōną (“to roll about; full (cloth)”).

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Forms

waulks, waulking, waulked, waulked

Base form	waulk · to waulk
3rd person singular	waulks
Present participle	waulking
Past simple	waulked
Past participle	waulked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	waulk
he, she, it	waulks

Past simpleLesson

all persons

waulked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have waulked
he, she, it	has waulked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will waulk

Synonyms

2 synonyms

make denser and more like felt by soaking and beating:fullA1 walkA1

Word family

2 related words

Derivedwaulker waulkmill

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle