| 'Strouds' | |
| The Stroud Valleys were so famous for its woollen broadcloth that this word became a general term for woollen broadcloths. | |
| Saved list | |
| 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 | |
