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 sb.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 foliage 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.
