| Palladian | |
| An architectural style developed by Andrea Palladio in the 16th century | |
| Pantile | |
| Type of roof tile | |
| Pediment | |
| Triangular part crowning front of building | |
| Pelt | |
| The skin of an animal with the fur still on it. | |
| Photomicrograph | |
| A photograph taken through a microscope at high magnification. | |
| Piece dyeing | |
| Wool could either be dyed 'in the piece' after it was woven into cloth or 'in the wool' or 'stock dyed' after the raw wool was cleaned and scoured. | |
| Plain weave | |
| The simplest weave where the odd warp yarns operate over one and under one weft yarn throughout the fabric and the even warp yarns operate under one and over one weft yarn throughout the fabric. | |
| Quill or quillwork | |
| Decoration made from porcupine quills. | |
| Quiltwork | |
| Two pieces of fabric stitched together with padding material between them. | |
| Quirt | |
| A riding whip. | |
| Racks | |
| Frames on which cloth was dried and stretched | |
| Rail-motor | |
| A railway carriage with its own power unit - not pulled by a locomotive | |
