| 'Strouds' |
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The Stroud Valleys were so famous for its woollen broadcloth that this word became a general term for woollen broadcloths.
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| Saved list |
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An undyed selvedge in a piece dyed cloth. This is achieved by binding the edge tightly in canvas which is sewn into place before dyeing to stop the dye reaching the yarns in the selvedge.
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| Selvedge |
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An edging that stops the cloth unravelling along the warp.
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| Serge |
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A regular twill woven cloth with worsted (combed) warps and woollen (carded) wefts.
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| Shearing |
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The cutting of the nap of the cloth by shears or a shearing frame.
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| Shoddy |
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Fibre made from shredded old cloth
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| Silt |
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Mud accumulating at the bottom of a canal or river
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| Spanish stripes |
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Cloth made from Spanish wool with a stripe in the list or selvedge.
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| Spanish stripes |
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A cloth made of Spanish wool which had a stripe in the list
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| Spinning |
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The twisting of natural fibres such as wool into a long continuous thread.
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| Stroudwater Scarlet |
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The red cloth that Stroud was renowed for. Its fame was (wrongly) attributed to the qualities of the local water.
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| Teasel |
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A type of plant with prickly leaves and flower head. The dried flower head was used to card or raise the nap/ fibres of fabric.
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| Tenter hook |
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A hook on a tenter (rack) used to fasten the cloth to the tenter to be stretched into shape as it dries.
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| Tenter rack |
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A piece of equipment to stretch cloth into shape as it dries.
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| Throwster |
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A person who twists silk thread into yarn
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| Tithing |
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Historically an area occupied by ten householders. A subdivision of a
parish
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| Tradecloth |
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European-made woollen cloth that was traded globally.
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| Trow |
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A single masted ship used on the River Severn and Stroudwater canal
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| Trustee |
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A member of a trust
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| Tuck-mill |
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Another name for a fulling mill
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| Tudor |
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A style of architecture, late perpendicular or half-timbered
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| Turnpike |
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Aroad constructed and maintained by a turnpike trust
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| Turnpike Trust |
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A body authorised by law to construct and maintain a road, and allowed to charge travellers for using it
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| Tuscan |
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An order of proportions of columns and entablature of Roman origin
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| Twill weave |
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A weave which repeats on three or more warp and weft yarns and creates a diagonal pattern on the surface of the fabric. Denim is an example of this.
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| Venetian window |
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With 3 separate openings, central one being arched and highest
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