hackling
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Combing plant fibers like flax to clean and straighten them for spinning
- noun
- Specialized
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desfibrado
- Skilled workers performed hackling by hand before the invention of modern machinery.
Examples
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She learned about hackling in her textile class.
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The hackling of flax fibers is essential for quality linen.
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The hackling of flax is an important step in making high-quality linen.
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After retting, the fibers undergo hackling to remove any remaining impurities.
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The hackling of the flax fibers made them ready for spinning into linen.
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After hackling the plant fibers, they became soft and smooth for weaving.
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During the workshop, we learned about the hackling process essential to producing yarn.
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Etymology
Hackling comes from the tool name hackle, a strong comb with many sharp teeth used to pull and clean flax and other plant fibers. So, hackling is the work of 'combing' and straightening fibers to make them ready for spinning.