The craft or industry of making cloth from fibers like wool, cotton, or linen.
Compound of 'cloth' (from Old English 'clāth') and 'making' (from Old English 'macian'). This term describes one of humanity's oldest professions, dating back thousands of years.
Clothmaking was once the largest industry in the world—before factories, every village had weavers, spinners, and dyers, and the Industrial Revolution started by mechanizing cloth production, which completely transformed society!
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