Editing Fulling (section)

==== Manual methods ====
[[File:Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities - an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors (14772708972).jpg|thumb|Manual trampling, drawing after an [[Ancient Roman]] fresco in the [[Fullonica of Stephanus]], Pompeii. A [[fullonica]] is a fullery and laundry shop.]]
Originally, fulling was carried out by the pounding of the woollen cloth with a club, or the fuller's feet or hands.

In Roman times, fulling was conducted by slaves working the cloth while ankle deep in tubs of human [[urine]].{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

There are several Biblical references to fulling ({{Bibleverse|2 Kings|18:17}}; {{Bibleverse|Isaiah|7:3}} and {{BibleVerse-nb|Isaiah|36:2}}; {{Bibleverse|Malachi|3:2}}; {{Bibleverse|Mark|9:3}}). In addition to this, at least one reference appears in the speeches of [[Lysias]], written in Athens during the 5th century BC.<ref name=woods/>

Scotland, then a rather remote and un-industrialized region, retained manual methods into the 1700s. In [[Scottish Gaelic]] tradition, this process was accompanied by [[waulking song]]s, which women sang to set the pace.