Wiktionary
waulker
n. One who waulks (prepares cloth).
Usage examples of "waulker".
Skirts kilted high, she would walk spraddle-legged down the center of the shed, drenching the cloth between her legs, and the hot fumes rose fresh and suffocating from the soaking wool, while the waulkers pulled back their feet from random splashes, and made crude jokes.