The job of the cloth shearer was essentially to shear woolcloth, usually after first carding it. After being woven, cloths were first fulled (Fulling mill), to achieve the requisite thickening and strengthening. While coarse fabrics (e.g. loden) were neither dyed nor sheared, it was necessary for a cloth shearer or cloth worker to process medium-grade and fine fabrics after they had been fulled. Cloth shearers established themselves as a crafts and trades indep…