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hatchels

hatchels is the plural of hatchel.

Meaning of hatchel

Noun

hatchel (plural hatchels)

  1. A comb used to separate flax fibers.
    • One end of the bundle being hatchelled, it is turned round, and the other is treated in the same way; and the process is repeated on finer hatchels.1864, George Ripley and Charles Anderson Dana [eds.], The New American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge VII: “Edward–Fueros” (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 443 & 445...

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Questions about hatchels

What is hatchels the plural of?
Hatchels is the plural of hatchel.

Words near hatchels in the dictionary

  1. hatchelled
  2. hatcheller
  3. hatchellers
  4. hatchelling
  5. Hatchells
  6. hatchels
  7. Hatchepsut
  8. hatcher
  9. hatcheries
  10. hatchers
  11. hatchery

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