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. By merchaundes and cloth-makers, for Godys sake take kepe, 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 Clothmaking.
