scutch
/skʌtʃ/
noun
- A tool used for beating flax or hemp to separate the fibers from the woody core.
- He picked up the scutch and began working on the bundle of flax.
- The museum displayed a traditional scutch used by 19th-century farmers.
- A scutch is often made of wood with a long handle and a flat blade.
verb
- To beat or separate the woody part from flax or hemp fibers using a tool.
- Farmers used to scutch flax by hand before modern machinery.
- The old mill still has a machine that can scutch large quantities of fiber.
- She learned to scutch the hemp stalks to prepare them for spinning.
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