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Beetler?
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What's a beetler? As in this trade directory entry for 1891: •Hugh Cawley and Co, bleachers, dyers, beetlers and finishers, Adelphi Dye Works, Walker street, Adelphi, Salford; Manchester
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Found this on another forum.
Operated a beetling machine, used in the textile industry as part of the finishing process. The cloth would be pounded with heavy weights to flatten and close up the threads, thereby producing a sheen.
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Thanks Elizabeth and Wendy
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