walker's earth
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From walker (“fuller, felt-maker”) + earth (“dirt, soil”). Cf. German Walkererde.
Noun[edit]
- (now dialect, rare) Synonym of fuller's earth.
References[edit]
- “walker’s earth, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2009.