Piece goods refer to textiles that are produced in continuous lengths and sold by the yard or meter from a rolled bolt. This category encompasses almost all flat fabrics intended for apparel, upholstery, and home sewing, distinguishing them from finished garments, yarns, or shaped knits. Buyers purchase piece goods to cut and construct into final products.
Heard on the job
The factory just received three thousand yards of piece goods for the new outerwear line.
Insider tip
In industrial settings, piece goods are usually inspected on a perch for defects before being laid out on the cutting table.
Also heard as
- yardage