waulking

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of waulk

plural waulkings

1. The work by which cloth is waulked.

   But in the Outer Hebrides in particular, this form of work song still existed, attached to its original function, well into the 20th century, for waulkings continued to be practised as a communal task by women in their homes until the 1940s.

   2012, Gary West, Voicing Scotland: Culture and Tradition in a Modern Nation, page 54