to moisten or soak (flax, hemp, jute, etc) to promote bacterial action in order to facilitate separation of the fibres from the woody tissue by beating
Word origin
C15: of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch reeten, Swedish röta, German rösten; see rot1
Examples of 'retting' in a sentence
retting
High quality kenaf bast fibers were obtained from a chemical retting process.
Kaiwen Liang, Sheldon Q. Shi, Ge Wang 2014, 'Effect of Impregnated Inorganic Nanoparticles on the Properties of the Kenaf BastFibers', Fibershttp://www.mdpi.com/2079-6439/2/3/242. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Extending the retting time revealed higher values but probably negatively influences economic efficiency.
Christian Senwitz, Andreas Kempe, Christoph Neinhuis, José Lau Mandombe, Makaya FuturoBranquima, Thea Lautenschläger 2016, 'Almost Forgotten Resources – Biomechanical Properties of Traditionally Used Bast Fibersfrom Northern Angola', BioResourceshttp://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_11_3_7595_Senwitz_Almost_Forgotten_Resources. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Four fiber specimens were created: no retting, minimal retting, moderate retting, and full retting.
Jonn A. Foulk, Denis Rho, Mercedes M. Alcock, Chad A. Ulven, Shanshan Huo 2011, 'Modifications Caused by Enzyme-Retting and Their Effect on Composite Performance',Advances in Materials Science and Engineeringhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/179023. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Herein, hemp retting practices were identified for all the lakes.
Magdalena SUCHORA et al. 2016, 'Paleolimnological record of the climate and pre-historic settlement from chalk karstregion (Chełm Hills, SE Poland)', GEOREVIEW: Scientific Annals of Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava. Geography Serieshttp://georeview.ro/ojs/index.php/revista/article/view/353. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Natural fibers, after retting and preprocessing, are discontinuous and easily form entangled bundles.
Mahi Fahimian, Mark Kortschot, Mohini Sain 2016, 'Preliminary Design and Experimental Investigation of a Novel Pneumatic Conveying Methodto Disperse Natural Fibers in Thermoset Polymers', Materialshttp://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/9/7/548. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The degree of retting increased with incubation time.
Li Yin Wong, Wan Zuhainis Saad, Rosfarizan Mohamad, Paridah Md Tahir 2016, 'Efficacy of Aspergillus fumigatus R6 Pectinase in Enzymatic Retting of Kenaf', BioResourceshttp://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_11_4_10030_Wong_Aspergillus_Pectinase_Retting_Kenaf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The advantages of enzyme retting are its greater environmental friendliness, shorter retting time, and morecontrollable fibre quality.
Li Yin Wong, Wan Zuhainis Saad, Rosfarizan Mohamad, Paridah Md Tahir 2016, 'Efficacy of Aspergillus fumigatus R6 Pectinase in Enzymatic Retting of Kenaf', BioResourceshttp://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_11_4_10030_Wong_Aspergillus_Pectinase_Retting_Kenaf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)