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Borrowed Names for Borrowed Things?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2015
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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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