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ˈwoollen-ˌdraper Now Hist.
[f. prec. n. + draper n.]
A dealer in woollen goods.
1554Act 1 & 2 Phil. & Mary c. 7. §1 Lynnen Drapers, Woollen Drapers, Haberdashers and Grocers. 1619Purchas Microcosmus lv. 521 The Woollen Draper hath belonging to him, the Dier, Cottoner, Sherman, Fuller [etc.]. 1641Earl of Monmouth tr. Biondi's Civil Wars vi. 24 The Company of Wollen-drapers kept a Store-house in Calleis, from whence the Low-countries, and all Germany were furnished. 1749Fielding Tom Jones xi. v, I can neither live on Hopes or Promises, nor will my Woollen-draper take any such in Payment. 1815Jane Austen Emma xxi, Ford's was the principal woollen-draper, linen-draper, and haberdasher's shop united. 1890Gross Gild Merch. II. 55 The trades of clothiers, weavers, woollen-drapers.
So ˈwoollen-ˌdrapery, woollen goods; also, a shop for the sale of these.
1688Lond. Gaz. No. 2322/4 All sorts of Woollen Drapery. 1766Entick London IV. 40 Dealers in upholstery,..woollen drapery. 1919Jrnl. Friends Hist. Soc. XVI. 141 Daniel Dunbabin, of Warrington, of a substantial woollen-drapery. |