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retteries

retteries is the plural of rettery.

Meaning of rettery

Noun

rettery (plural retteries)

  1. (historical) A place or establishment where flax is retted.
    • The most perfect adaptation of Schenck's system is at the rettery of M. Auguste Scrive, near Lille […]. Tanks of wood or stone are used, each to contain two and a half tons of flax straw1839, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines

Questions about retteries

What is retteries the plural of?
Retteries is the plural of rettery.

Words near retteries in the dictionary

  1. Rett
  2. Rett syndrome
  3. retted
  4. Rettendon
  5. retter
  6. retteries
  7. retters
  8. rettery
  9. Rettig
  10. Rettigs
  11. retting

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