verb/fu.le/
to stamp, to impress, to dent; to mill; to walk on, to tread, to trample; to oppress, to mistreat; to injure by knocking, bumping or dinting; to sprain
“fouler aux pieds”
From Middle French fouller (“to trample, mill, fordo, mistreat”), from Old French foler (“to crush, act wickedly”), from Vulgar Latin *fullāre (“to trample, to full”), from Latin fullō (“fuller”). More at full.