Trade or traffic in cast-off clothes. Obsolete.

(See quot. 1611.)

The trade or position of a mercer.

(the) Mercery: the Worshipful Company of Mercers (a livery company of the City of London). Hence also: the trade in mercery; the part of a city…

Trade in cloth rags or second-hand clothing.

The business or trade of a hosier.

The market in unbleached or undyed fabrics. Cf. grey, n. 4b. Now rare.

the trade in narrow goods.

A person who makes or supplies costumes, now esp. for the theatre or the film industry; a costumier.

the occupation of a linen-draper; goods in which a linen-draper deals.

(see sense A. 1c.).