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Meaning of 'hatchel' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Hatchel [ n.]
- An instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, for cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a kind of large comb; -- called also hackle and heckle.
- To draw through the teeth of a hatchel, as flax or hemp, so as to separate the coarse and refuse parts from the fine, fibrous parts.
- To tease; to worry; to torment.

Meaning of 'hatchel' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . hatchel [ v]
Meaning (1):
- comb with a heckle
Example in sentence:
  • heckle hemp or flax

Nearby Words:

hat hatable hatband hatbox hatch hatch-boat hatched hatcheled hatcheler hatcheling

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