hatch·el 
(hăchəl)
(hăchəl)n.
A comb for separating flax fibers.
tr.v. hatch·eled, hatch·el·ing, hatch·els also hatch·elled or hatch·el·ling
To separate (flax fibers) with a hatchel.
[Middle English hechel, possibly from Old English *hecel; akin to Middle Dutch hekel; see HECKLE.]
hatchel