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rettery

rettery noun: a place or establishment where flax is retted.

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

Forms of rettery

pluralretteries

Origin of rettery

From ret + -ery.

Questions about rettery

What does rettery mean?
Rettery means a place or establishment where flax is retted.
What part of speech is rettery?
Rettery is a noun.
What is the plural of rettery?
The plural of rettery is retteries.

Words near rettery in the dictionary

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

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