"1" . _:vb7367258 "2013, Marek Korczynski, Michael Pickering, Emma Robertson, Rhythms of Labour: Music at Work in Britain, Cambridge University Press, page 97:"@en . _:vb7367255 "(transitive, obsolete, except in, Northern England, and, Scotland) to make cloth (especially tweed in Scotland) denser and more felt-like by soaking and beating."@en . . _:vb7367257 "I hid a smile at the mention of wool waulking. Alone among the Highland farms, I was sure, the women of Lailybroch waulked their wool not only to the old traditional chants but also to the rhythms of Moli\u00E9re and Piron."@en . . _:vb7367257 "1992, Diana Gabaldon, Dragonfly in Amber, Random House Group (Arrow Books), page 590,"@en . _:vb7367256 "The frame on which the cloth is waulked is a board some twelve to twenty-four feet long and about two feet broad, grooved lengthwise along its surface."@en . _:vb7367256 . _:vb7367256 "1900, Alexander Carmichael, Carmina Gadelica, volume 1, page 310:"@en . _:vb7367257 . _:vb7367255 . _:vb7367258 . _:vb7367258 "Here, we compare waulking songs and shanties to see how they operated in bringing women and men, respectively, into a sense of close alignment."@en . .