单词 | hatchelling |
释义 | hatchellinghatchelingn. The action or process of dressing flax, hemp, etc.; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > heckling hatchellinga1398 heckling1440 hackling1616 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. clx. 1055 With many brakynges, hechelynges, and rybbynges, herden is departed fro þe substaunce of flex. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xix. i The short shuds or shives that are..parted in the hetchelling. 1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked xxxviii. §385 That which is separated in hatchelling, is hurds, and tow. 1705 tr. B. Ramazzini Treat. Dis. Tradesmen xxviii. 177 These Work-People complain that they suffer more in Hatcheling of Flax than in Hemp. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 56 Over which is the hatchelling-loft. 1810 Agric. Museum 7 Dec. 192 The hatchling of flax, and weaving of various sorts of goods, form very considerable items. 1842 Penny Mag. Nov. 466/1 In one long apartment..the hatchelling, or preparation of the hemp, is being carried on. 1961 Jrnl. Econ. & Social Hist. Orient 4 178 Then came the hatcheling, i.e. combing out, disentangling and cleaning of the fiber. 1995 Guardian 18 Apr. (Educ. section) 15/3 The manufacture of rope starts with ‘hatchelling’. This is where the fibres of the material are combed out. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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