Meaning

1 senses

  1. To separate (flax fibers) with a hatchel, or comb.

    comb with a heckle

Origin

From Middle English hechele, of West Germanic origin, related to the root of hook. Doublet

From Middle English hechele, of West Germanic origin, related to the root of hook. Doublet of hackle and heckle.

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Forms

hatchels, hatcheling, hatcheled, hatcheled
Base formhatchel · to hatchel
3rd person singularhatchels
Present participlehatcheling
Past simplehatcheled / hatchelled
Past participlehatcheled / hatchelled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhatchel
he, she, ithatchels

Past simpleLesson

all personshatcheled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hatcheled
he, she, ithas hatcheled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hatchel

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Derivedhatchelerunhatcheledunhatchelled

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hatA1hatchB1hatchethatchlinghateB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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