piece goods

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun plural Fabrics made and sold in standard lengths.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun All kinds of cotton, linen, silk, or wool fabrics which are woven in lengths suitable for retail sale by the usual linear measure, as calicoes, shirtings, sheetings, mulls, jaconets, and long cloths.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun merchandise in the form of fabrics sold by the yard