The wool, previously impregnated with a solution of soap, intended on the one hand to facilitate the interlacing, the compression, and the softening of the wool, and on the other to prevent its diminution by the beating, issued from the mill in the shape of thick felt cloth.
La lana, previamente impregnada de una disolución jabonosa destinada por una parte a facilitar su deslizamiento, unión, compresión y reblandecimiento, y por otra impedir su alteración por el golpeteo, salió del batán en forma de una áspera tela de fieltro.