scutch

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable) A wooden implement shaped like a large knife used to separate the valuable fibres of flax or hemp by beating them and scraping from it the woody or coarse portions.
2. (uncountable) The woody fibre of flax or hemp; the refuse of scutched flax or hemp.
3. (countable) A bricklayer's small picklike tool with two cutting edges (or prongs) for dressing stone or cutting and trimming bricks.

Verb

1. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete) To beat or whip; to drub.
2. To separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.

Sinonieme

swingle

shake

🫨

beat

swingling machine

picking

scotch

crush mangle

Vertalings

zwingelen

maciulla

tiller

maciullare

scotola

scotolare

zwingelmolen

atmak

ditmek

döverek kabartmak

καθαρίζω κτυπών

sopayla vurarak temizlemek

σφυρί κτιστού

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/skʌt͡ʃ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: *scucchen

In summary

From Middle English *scucchen, from Anglo-Norman escucher, from Vulgar Latin *excuticāre.