单词 | hackler |
释义 | hacklern. Now historical. A person employed to hackle flax or hemp (see hackle v.2 1a); a flax or hemp dresser. Cf. heckler n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > heckling > one who heckler1297 hatchellerc1450 hecklester1480 hackler1649 hemp-dressera1658 1649 Kingdomes Faithfull Scout No. 22. 170 Thou has been both a decayed Ironmonger, a petty-fogging Bookseller, a fantasticall Hackler,..and a..deceitfull Newes-monger. 1724 R. Hall Observ. Methods used in Holland 36 The Hackler has five Stivers (which is Six-pence English Money) for every twelve Pounds of clean hackled Hemp. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Flax A great deal depends on the skill of the hackler. 1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. XI. 504 Small tenements of one storey, where the weaver, hackler, or other artisan, enjoys his self-contained house. 1894 Daily News 4 July 3/3 All the hacklers die young. 1922 Textile Worker May 106/1 The average hackler's week's work is about 300 pounds. 1985 H. Patterson in L. Kennedy & P. Ollerenshaw Econ. Hist. Ulster (1987) v. 169 As hacklers and roughers, they were involved in processes with extremely high health risks. 2008 Irish Arts Rev. 24 91 One of the less skilled jobs of the process, a hackler prepared flax for spinning by combing out the fibres. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1649 |
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