Australian English Meaning of hatchel

hatchel

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Definitions and Meaning of hatchel in English

Wordnet

hatchel (n)

a comb for separating flax fibers

Wordnet

hatchel (v)

comb with a heckle

Webster

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.

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hatchel

a comb for separating flax fibers, comb with a heckleAn instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, for cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coars

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hatched => hatched, hatcheck girl => Hatcheck girl, hatch-boat => hatchery boat, hatchback door => Hatchback door, hatchback => Hatchback,