fuller

2
[ foo l-er ]
/ ˈfʊl ər /

noun

a half-round hammer used for grooving and spreading iron.
a tool or part of a die for reducing the sectional area of a piece of work.
a groove running along the flat of a sword blade.

verb (used with object)

to reduce the sectional area of (a piece of metal) with a fuller or fullers.

Origin of fuller

2
1810–20; orig. noun, apparently full1 in sense to make full, close, compact + -er1

Words nearby fuller

full-time, full-timer, full-wave rectifier, fullam, fullback, fuller, fuller rose beetle, fuller's earth, fuller's teasel, fullerene, fulleride

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British Dictionary definitions for fullering (1 of 3)

fuller 1
/ (ˈfʊlə) /

noun

a person who fulls cloth for his living

Word Origin for fuller

Old English fullere, from Latin fullō

British Dictionary definitions for fullering (2 of 3)

fuller 2
/ (ˈfʊlə) /

noun

Also called: fullering tool a tool for forging a groove
a tool for caulking a riveted joint

verb

(tr) to forge (a groove) or caulk (a riveted joint) with a fuller

Word Origin for fuller

C19: perhaps from the name Fuller

British Dictionary definitions for fullering (3 of 3)

Fuller
/ (ˈfʊlə) /

noun

(Richard) Buckminster . 1895–1983, US architect and engineer: developed the geodesic dome
Roy (Broadbent). 1912–91, British poet and writer, whose collections include The Middle of a War (1942) and A Lost Season (1944), both of which are concerned with World War II, Epitaphs and Occasions (1949), and Available for Dreams (1989)
Thomas . 1608–61, English clergyman and antiquarian; author of The Worthies of England (1662)