friezing stones

1) Tools used in the cloth finishing process, to soften and smooth the surface of the cloth.

This rare term occurs in the inventory of a Leeds clothier. The item is listed in the Lomehowse along with other implements involved in the finishing process: 1576 viij course of handles … iiij fresynge stones, one shearborde coverynge. The stones may have been of pumice, used to soften and smooth the surface of the cloth.

places Leeds
dates 1576

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