hatchel

noun 1verb 1

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noun

1

A comb used to separate flax fibers.

One end of the bundle being hatchelled, it is turned round, and the other is treated in the same way; and the process is repeated on finer hatchels.

verb

1

To separate (flax fibers) with a hatchel, or comb.

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