Usually with plural agreement. The coarser parts of flax or hemp; = tow, n.1 3. Sometimes: spec. the coarsest grade of tow.
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| 释义 | the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > flax, hemp, or jute > heckled > coarse parts (9) hurdseOE Usually with plural agreement. The coarser parts of flax or hemp; = tow, n.1 3. Sometimes: spec. the coarsest grade of tow. oakumeOE Originally: the coarse woody fibres (hurds or tow) separated from the finer fibres of flax or hemp; (also) †clippings, trimmings, shreds (obsolete)… tow1530 More strictly, the shorter fibres of flax or hemp, which are separated by heckling from the fine and long-stapled, called line; = hurds, n., hurds. flax-hurd1614 the coarse parts of flax, tow. tow hards1615 codilla1748 The coarse tow or fibre of flax or hemp. Also (and in earliest use) as a modifier, as in codilla hemp. backings1780 refuse of wool or flax, or what is left after dressing it; in the manufacture of flax, ‘properly the tow, that is thrown off by a second hackling’… swingling-tow1828 attributive, as swingling machine, swingling operation; swingling-bat n.,swingling-knife n.,swingling-staff n. = swingle, n.1 1. swingling-board n.… Subcategories:— combings of (1) |
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