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piece-goods, n. pl.
Textile fabrics, such as calico, shirtings, mull, etc., woven in recognized lengths (see piece n. 4 a) for sale; a term formerly applied to Indian and other Oriental fabrics exported to Europe, but subsequently chiefly applied to Lancashire cotton goods exported to the East.
1665Lond. Gaz. No. 12/1 A Fregat of the Eastern Squadron, hath sent in a Vessel laden with Wax, Pitch, Tar, and Piece-goods. 1722Ibid. No. 6045/9 All Piece Goods, as Bays, Cloaths, Stuffs, or any other Manufactury. 1785in Seton-Karr Select. Calcutta Gaz. (1864) I. 82 That the Captains and Officers of all ships that shall sail from any part of India, after receiving notice hereof, shall be allowed to bring eight thousand pieces of piece-goods, and no more. 1817Jas. Mill Brit. India I. i. iii 45 note, Piece goods is the term..chiefly employed by the Company and their agents to denote the muslins and wove goods of India and China in general. 1844G. Dodd Textile Manuf. i. 36 The cotton yarn is woven into piece-goods either by the hand-loom or the power-loom. 1886Yule & Burnell Anglo-Ind. Gloss. s.v., Lancashire..has recently procured the abolition of the small import duty on English piece-goods in India. 1898Westm. Gaz. 8 Oct. 6/3 Combination of the worsted piece-goods dyers. |