† hecklestern.
Obsolete. rare.
A person whose occupation is to hackle flax or hemp (see hackle v.2 1a). Cf. hackler n., heckler n. 1.
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1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 42 Roberte the heklester Hath no more hempe And hath lost her hekell.
?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) f. 16v/2 Hec matatrix, a hekylster.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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