Raising is one of the last steps in the finishing process for cloth.
It is also a regional commercial centre for produce and cloth.
Now it turns out, however, that there are powerful environmental reasons for cloth as well.
Sir Percival's an eye for fine cloth, and his lady even more.
They were even permitted to come in peace to trade their meat for cloth or pots.
The country has long had a vast network of collection centers for metal, glass, cloth and paper.
This works fine for paper, wood, cloth, and a few other grainy things.
And certainly, the world demand for cheaper cloth, which meant cotton.
A letter that particularly touched her came from "a boy who asked for cloth to make himself a pair of pants."
It took its name from the old French word for cloth, drap.