English dictionary

hatchel

/'h/&//tS//@/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a comb for separating flax fibers

noun.artifact

Synonyms heckle

Source: WordNet 3.0
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 <i>hackle</i> and <i>heckle</i>.

noun

Source: webster1913

comb with a heckle

verb.contact

Synonyms hackle heckle

Source: WordNet 3.0
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.

verb

Source: webster1913