cloth-workern.
A maker or manufacturer of woollen cloth. Cloth-workers' Company, the twelfth of the great livery companies of the City of London.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > manufacture of fabric from specific materials > manufacture of wool or woollen based fabrics > one who
clothier1362
cloth-maker1382
Welsh drapera1525
cloth-worker1528
cloth-man1538
1528 (Jan. 18) Charter to ‘clothworkers’ of City of London.
1549 Act 3 & 4 Edw. VI c. 2 §9 The Wardens of the Clothworkers, or two of them at the least.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xxxv. 193 It..is knowen of the Clothworkers and Drapers.
1630 J. Taylor Pastorall in Wks. iii. 54/2 No Cloth no Clothier, no Clothier no Cloth~worker, Fuller, Tucker, Shearman, Draper.
1666 S. Pepys Diary 6 Sept. (1972) VII. 278 To see Cloathworkers-hall on fire these three days and nights.
1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 118/2 In the City of London there are 89 companies..the first twelve are called the Twelve Great Companies..12, Cloth-workers.
Derivatives
ˈcloth-ˌworking n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun]
cloth-makingc1405
endrapering1461
draping1483
drapery1488
clothing1548
cloth-working1551
draperinga1552
machine-knitting1886
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Div Let clothe workynge be renewed.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Draperie, draperie; cloath-selling, cloth-working.
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