linendraper

• Substantiv, das einen Einzelhändler für Leinen-, Baumwoll- und andere Textilwaren bezeichnet; der Begriff ist heute weitgehend historisch.

A noun referring to a retail dealer in linens, cottons, and other textile yard goods, a term now largely historical.

1. Cloth retailerB2formalbritish

   A shopkeeper who sells fabric, household linens, and other textile goods, typically measured by the yard.

   Stoffhändler

   • The linendraper measured out two yards of blue cotton for her dress.
   • He apprenticed with a local linendraper to learn the trade.
   • The linendraper's shop was filled with bolts of silk and wool.
   • She visited the linendraper to buy new curtains for the living room.

   Synonymedrapermercer