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hatchel

hatchel

9.9
A wooden tool with comb like teeth that pulls and separates flax fibers before spinning
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : peina de escardar
  • The worker used a hatchel to prepare the flax fibers for spinning.

Examples

  • Vintage textile museums often display a wooden hatchel among their exhibits.

  • Can you pass me the hatchel?

  • Before spinning, the flax was carefully pulled through the hatchel to align the fibers.

  • The hatchel is essential for processing flax.

  • Before spinning, the flax was carefully pulled through the hatchel to align the fibers.

  • The worker used a hatchel to prepare the flax fibers for spinning.

  • In the old workshop, they demonstrated how to use a hatchel for separating fibers.

Synonyms

heckle
vshatchel
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A comb with sharp teeth that separates flax or hemp fibers before spinning

focuses on pulling fibers through comb-like teeth to separate them

Surface Forms

hatchel singular
hatchels plural

Etymology

Hatchel names a tool for working flax and comes from an old name for a comblike tool; think of a large coarse comb with many teeth that you pull fibers through to 'separate' and straighten them, which is why it means that tool.