This is a list of the processing names used in the manufacture of cloth.
| Billy | The term usually given to a machine for spinning abb or weft yarn but sometimes applied to the scribbling machine. |
| Burling | Process of picking the burrs and knots caused by broken threads from the woven cloth |
| Carding | Process of disentangling the wool in preparation for spinning. |
| Cutting/Shearing | The cutting of the nap of the cloth by shears or shearing frame. |
| Drawing | A final check to eliminate any loose threads and to mend any holes in the cloth. |
| Fulling | The process of cleansing and felting the cloth. The fulling mill is sometimes known as a walk or tuck mill. |
| Jenny | The name given to Hargreaves’s spinning machine. |
| Knapping Engine | A variation on the gig mill wherby the nap was raised in a serias of small knots at regular intervals along the cloth. |
| Mosing | he nap of the cloth was raised by teazles being moved across the cloth in one direction. |
| Pressing | The process of finishing the cloth by pressing it between papers. |
| Gigging | The nap of the cloth was raised by teazles being moved across the cloth in two directions. |
| Scribbling | The process of breaking down the knots and lumps in the wool, later performed by machine. |
| Sizing | The application of diluted glue to the threads before they were fixed to the loom. |
| Slubbing | Spinning abb or weft yarn. |
| Twillying | By using a cylinder called The Devil this process removed dust and dyewares from the wool before oiling and scribbling. |