单词 | hecklester |
释义 | † hecklestern. Obsolete. rare. A person whose occupation is to hackle flax or hemp (see hackle v.2 1a). Cf. hackler n., 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 1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 42 Roberte the heklester Hath no more hempe And hath lost her hekell. ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) f. 16v/2 Hec matatrix, a hekylster. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1480 |
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