† ˈfullage Obs.
[a. OF. foullage (F. foulage), f. fouler to full.]
1. Money paid for the fulling of cloth.
| 1611 in Cotgr. s.v. Foullage. 1706 in Phillips (ed. Kersey). 1755 in Johnson. Hence in mod. Dicts. |
2. [Cf. fulyie n.2; the lit. sense is ‘what is trampled under foot’.] Refuse, street-sweepings, filth.
| 1689 T. Plunket Char. Gd. Commander 51 Some storm or other must be near at hand, To sweep away the fullage of the Land. 1780 A. Young Tour. Irel. I. 9 They go much to Dublin for fullage of the streets to lay on their hay grounds. |