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.