单词 | hackling |
释义 | ▪ I. hackling, vbl. n.1|ˈhæklɪŋ| [f. hackle v.3 + -ing1.] The action of the vb. hackle3; the combing of flax or hemp.
1616Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 568 This line after it hath receiued braking and the first hackling, you shall take the strickes, and platting them into a plat of three, make a good bigge roule thereof. attrib.1875Ure's Dict. Arts II. 420 In the early period of the linen manufacture, when spinning was done exclusively by hand, no hackling machines were employed. 1839Stonehouse Axholme 29. 1849 E. Chamberlain Indiana Gazetteer (ed. 3) 132 A brick building, erected for a hackling house. ▪ II. hackling see also after hackle v.1 and v.4 |

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