woollen-drapern.
/ˈwʊlənˌdreɪpə/, U.S. /ˈwʊlənˌdreɪpər/ Now Historical.
A dealer in woollen goods.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in textiles, clothing, or yarns
mercerc1230
clothier1362
draper1362
woolman1390
yarn-chopper1429
line-draper1436
Welsh drapera1525
telerc1540
purple-seller1547
linen-draper1549
staplera1552
silkman1553
woollen-draper1554
wool-driver1555
woolster1577
linener1616
woolner1619
linen-man1631
ragman1649
rag merchant1665
slop-seller1665
bodice-seller1672
piece-broker1697
wool-stapler1709
cloth-man1723
Manchester-man1755
fleece-merchanta1774
rag dealer1777
man's mercer1789
keelman1821
man-mercer1837
cotton-broker1849
slopper1854
shoddyite1865
costumier1886
cotton-man1906
1554 Act 1 & 2 Philip & Mary c. 7. §1 Lynnen Drapers, Woollen Drapers, Haberdashers and Grocers.
1619 S. Purchas Microcosmus lv. 521 The Woollen Draper hath belonging to him, the Dier, Cottoner, Sherman, Fuller [etc.].
1646 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. II. vi. 24 The Company of Wollen-drapers kept a Store-house in Calleis, from whence the Low-countries, and all Germany were furnished.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. v. 128 I can neither live on Hopes or Promises, nor will my Woollen-draper take any such in Payment. View more context for this quotation
1816 J. Austen Emma II. iii. 54 Ford's was the principal woollen-draper, linen-draper, and haberdasher's shop united. View more context for this quotation
1890 C. Gross Gild Merchant II. 55 The trades of clothiers, weavers, woollen-drapers.
Derivatives
ˈwoollen-ˌdrapery n. woollen goods; also, a shop for the sale of these.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > types of textile goods
merceryc1300
mercery ware1377
haberdasha1529
small ware1567
tailory1610
dry goods1657
woollen-drapery1688
soft goods1798
wallflower1804
linendrapery1849
hog round1910
society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shops selling clothes, cloth, or accessories
glovery1483
small storesa1643
woollen-drapery1688
slop-shop1723
mercery1773
Manchester warehouse1788
shoe-store1789
haberdashery1813
shoe-shop1824
clothing store1829
mourning house1849
mourning warehousec1860
bootery1920
1688 London Gaz. No. 2322/4 All sorts of Woollen Drapery.
1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 40 Dealers in upholstery,..woollen drapery.
1919 Jrnl. Friends Hist. Soc. 16 141 Daniel Dunbabin, of Warrington, of a substantial woollen-drapery.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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