hatchel
Plural: hatchels
Noun
- a comb for separating flax fibers
- A comb used to separate flax fibers.
Verb
Verb Forms: hatcheled, hatcheling, hatchels, hatchelled, hatchelling
- To comb or separate fibers, especially flax, using a large comb.
- comb with a heckle
- To separate (flax fibers) with a hatchel, or comb.
Examples
- He had to HATCHEL through his letters to find a high-scoring word, as if separating fibers.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English hechele, of West Germanic origin, related to the root of hook. Compare hackle.
Scrabble Score: 15
hatchel: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhatchel: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hatchel: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
hatchel: valid Words With Friends Word