Hackle (Verb)
Meaning
Comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The old farmer labored to hackle the flax to separate its fibers from the woody parts.
- To process hemp for rope production, the fibers must first be hackled to align them.
- Artisans hackle raw hemp to prepare the stiff fibers for spinning into twine.
- Before using flax for spinning into linen, it must be hackled to straighten the fibers.
- Farmers in the countryside continue to hackle hemp by hand using large wooden or metal combs.