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