Foundation muslin

(Manuf.) An open, gummed fabric, used for stiffened dre es and bonnets. Found'er, n. One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; an originator.An endower. opposed to clear; as, a foul anchor, - a foul bottom, said of a ship. Not fair; contrary, as the wind. A foul copy, a first draft with many erasures and interlineations. To fall foul , to come to variance; to quarrel. To fall foul of , to come into collision with.