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Borrowed Names for Borrowed Things?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

J. P. Wild
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In discussing contemporary wool production the Elder Pliny comments (NH, VIII, 192): 'oddments of wool from the fullers" coppers are used for stuffing bolsters-an invention of the Gauls, I think; at any rate, the process is distinguished by Gallic terms today.'

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Antiquity , Volume 44 , Issue 174 , June 1970 , pp. 125 - 130
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1970

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