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bott hammer

bott hammer noun: a hammer used to process flax.

Noun

bott hammer (plural bott hammers)

  1. (obsolete) A hammer used to process flax.
    • The bott-hammer is sometimes used for bruising or crushing fibrous plants; it consists of a wooden block, having on its under face channels or flutings which run across its surface; the block is fixed to a long belt-helve or handle, and may be worked singly, or several hammers may be worked in a...1859, Alex. Hunter, “The Raw Products of India suited to the Manufacturing Wants of Great Britain”, in The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, volume 10, page 188
    • The same was also effected by the bott hammer, a flat mallet, with its face cut into grooves, the handle to it being curved, and this being repeatedly struck on a quantity of fibre spread out on a board, first on one side and then on the other.1868, Baden Henry Baden-Powell, Hand-book of the Economic Products of the Punjab, page 500

Forms of bott hammer

pluralbott hammers
alternative formbott-hammer

Origin of bott hammer

Borrowed from German Botthammer.

Questions about bott hammer

What does bott hammer mean?
Bott hammer means a hammer used to process flax.
What part of speech is bott hammer?
Bott hammer is a noun.
What is the plural of bott hammer?
The plural of bott hammer is bott hammers.

Words near bott hammer in the dictionary

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  6. bott hammer
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  8. bott-hammer
  9. bottability
  10. bottable
  11. Bottan

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