to bring (the cloth) on one side of a seam to a little greater fullness than on the other by gathering or tucking very slightly.
verb (used without object)
18.
(of the moon) to become full.
noun
19.
the highest or fullest state, condition, or degree: The moon is at the full.
Idioms
20.
in full,
a.
to or for the full or required amount.
b.
without abridgment: The book was reprinted in full.
21.
to the full, to the greatest extent; thoroughly: They enjoyed themselves to the full.
Origin: before 900; Middle English, Old English full, ful; cognate with Gothic fulls,Old Norse fullr,Old High German foll (German voll); akin to Latin plēnus,Greek plḗrēs
"to tread or beat cloth to cleanse or thicken it," late 14c., from O.Fr. fuler (see foil (v.)); O.E. had the agent-noun fuller, probably directly from L. fullo. The material called fuller's earth (silicate of alumina) is first recorded 1520s, so called because it was used in cleansing cloth.