hatchelとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 hechele, of West Germanic origin, related to the root of hook. Compare hackle.

発音

• 韻: -ætʃəl

名詞

hatchel (plural hatchels)

1. A comb used to separate flax fibers.
   • 1864, George Ripley and Charles Anderson Dana [eds.], The New American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge VII: “Edward–Fueros” (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 443 & 445 Broadway; London: 16 Little Britain), ‘Flax’, page 554

     One end of the bundle being hatchelled, it is turned round, and the other is treated in the same way; and the process is repeated on finer hatchels.

動詞

hatchel (third-person singular simple present hatchels, present participle (US) hatcheling or (UK) hatchelling, simple past and past participle (US) hatcheled or (UK) hatchelled)

1. (transitive) To separate (flax fibers) with a hatchel, or comb.

派生語