to heckle

Examples

• All

• A crow heckled from the top of an oak tree.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The workers will heckle the hemp to prepare it for spinning into rope.

• To make the fabric soft and smooth, you first need to heckle the flax fibers.

• After harvesting, they will heckle the plant material to ensure the fibers are separated.

Synonyms

C

to comb

vsto heckle

63 1.0

To remove knots and smooth hair with a comb

is a specific technical process for separating flax or hemp fibers

H

to hatchel

vsto heckle

• Archaic

9.9

To comb flax or hemp to separate the long fibers for spinning

is identical in meaning but differs in written form

H

to hackle

vsto heckle

• Specialized

9.5

To comb plant fibers like flax or hemp to make them straight and clean

is narrower, focusing on separating flax or hemp fibers only

Surface Forms

Etymology