Word Meanings - HITCHEL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
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- HATCHEL
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. (more info) Dan. hegle, Sw. häkla, and prob. to E. hook. See Hook, and cf. - HATCHELER
One who uses a hatchel.