† ˈhecklesterObs.rare. [See -ster.] A dresser of flax or hemp: originally feminine. c1475Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 795/9 Hec matatrix, a hekylster [printed hok-].c1481Caxton Dialogues (E.E.T.S.) 44/40 Roberte the heklester Hath no more hempe, And hath lost her hekell.