As a mass noun: the goods sold by a mercer; esp. fine textile fabrics.

Petty merchandise, small wares.

Chiefly in plural. Small items of haberdashery; items of tape, cord, braid, etc. Occasionally in singular used collectively.

Tailors' work, tailors' wares; costumery.

A name (chiefly in North American usage) for the class of merchandise comprising textile fabrics and related things; articles of drapery, mercery…

woollen goods; also, a shop for the sale of these.

(a) textiles, fabrics; articles made of these. (b) relatively perishable consumer goods (see sense 27).

slang. (See quots.) ? Obsolete.

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

In extended use. A lot consisting of mixed grades of cotton. Frequently attributive and as adv., with reference to the system of trading cotton…