Middle English Dictionary Entry
fullere n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fullere n. Also foller(e, voller, folour. |
| Etymology | OE fullere & OF fouleor. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A fuller of cloth; also as surname.
Associated quotations
- (1222) Domesday Bk.St.Paul in Camd.6957 : Edwardi fullere.
- (1255) in Fransson Surn.100 : Henr. le Folur.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)77/6 : Seint Matheu he saiȝ..his mester don of walkingue, for a follare he was.
- (1297) Acc.Cornw.in RHS ser.3.68167 : Roberto le folour.
- a1350 Flem.Insur.(Hrl 2253)17 : Þe webbes ant þe fullaris.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)167 : Mochel is defouled mid þe uet of uolleres þe robe of scarlet.
- (1374) Leet R.Norwich in Seld.Soc.564 : Robertus Boteler, fullere.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mark 9.2 : A fullere, or walkere of cloth.
- (1442-3) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)275/11 : Item paide for cloth and Greyne also to Fulleres and Schermen.
- (1449) RParl.5.150b : Clothmakers, that is to wite, men Wevers, Fullers, Diers.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)648/28 : All tethe of tesyls that longyn to the office of fullers.
- (1468) Stonor1.101 : For wevyng of all maner of clothe, [sa]vyng a white pece the wyche is at fuller.
2.
fulleres bat; ~ perche, fuller's pole; ~ erthe; ~ tasel, teasel (Dipsacus sativa); erbe of ~, ?teasel.
Associated quotations
- a1350 Ipswich Domesday(1) (Add 25012)196 : De carbouns ne de folleriserthe.
- (1378) Rec.Norwich 2234 : j treye de fullers erthe.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mal.3.2 : He [shall be]..as the erbe of fullers [L herba fullonum].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)93a/a : Þe rote of cardoun fullonum .i. tasel of fullerez.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)95a/b : Carsof .i. fullers tasel is hote in þe secounde degre.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)197 : Of colys ne of fullerys erthe.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)61/7 : Jacobus..was..smet with a fulleres bat.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)4.409 : He was putte to dethe on a fuller's perche [Trev.: wiþ a walkere his perche; L pertica fullonis].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Under 2. changed "Dipsacus fullonum" to "Dipsacus sativa" per RNM ("See Encycl. Brit. Micro. v.9, p.858c.")--JL