ˈcloth-maker
A maker of woollen cloth.
| 1382 Wyclif 1 Sam. viii. 13 Oynement makers, and fier makers, and clothmakers [1388 bakeris; Vulg. panificas]. c 1470 Pol. Poems (1859) II. 285 Merchaundes and cloth⁓makers..The wyche makythe the poreylle to morne and wepe. 1523 Fitzherb. Husb. §146 If she haue no woll of her owne, she maye take wol to spynne of clothe-makers. 1779 J. Haigh (title), A hint to the Dyers and Cloth Makers. 1885 [see clothier]. |
So cloth-making, the making of cloth.
| c 1386 Chaucer Prol. 447 A good wif was ther of biside Bathe..Of clooth makyng she hadde swich an haunt She passed hem of ypres and of Gaunt. 1509–10 Act 1 Hen. VIII, Preamb., To leve the occupacion of Clothmakyng. 1599 Hakluyt Voy. II. 162 All the deceits in Cloth⁓making. |