TS 5085

TS 5085 is a terminology standard that gathers the terms and definitions used for wool, fleece and mohair. These are natural animal fibres with distinct origins and material characteristics, so they are often handled as separate concepts in textile supply, processing and trade; the standard provides a common vocabulary for that technical communication.

What a terminology standard does

This kind of document is not a performance test standard and does not set fibre properties or acceptance limits. Its role is to standardise language. In general textile practice, fleece refers to the shorn fibre mass from the animal, wool denotes the textile fibre obtained from sheep, and mohair is the specialised fibre obtained from goats. Clear definitions matter because the same material may be described differently across buying, grading, laboratory records and manufacturing documents.

Why the distinction matters in practice

By limiting itself to terms and definitions, the standard supports consistent use of technical language without prescribing processing methods or numerical requirements. That makes it useful in specifications, education, cataloguing and commercial documentation, where precise naming of natural fibres helps avoid ambiguity and supports a shared understanding across the wool and mohair chain.

• Establishes common terminology for fleece, wool and mohair.
• Supports consistent naming in technical and commercial documents.
• Helps reduce ambiguity in grading, education and trade communication.
• It is a definitions standard, not a testing or specification standard.