hatchel

[ hach-uhl ]

noun

1. hackle ¹( def 5 ).

verb (used with object)

, hatch·eled, hatch·el·ing or (especially British) hatch·elled, hatch·el·ling.

1. hackle ¹( def 7 ).

hatchel

/ ˈhætʃəl /

verb

1. another word for heckle heckle

Derived Forms

• ˈhatcheller, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of hatchel¹

1275–1325; variant of earlier hetchel, Middle English hechel; perhaps influenced by hackle ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of hatchel¹

C13: hechele, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German hāko hook, Middle Dutch hekele hackle

Example Sentences

The fibres of flax are arranged in a parallel direction, and freed from tow, by drawing them through a hatchel.

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The corn is held in a convenient handful, like flax on a hatchel.

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And yet, as if a thousand thorns should hatchel out at least one rose, we had one incident of lively interest.

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Miss Hatchel, she shake me by de shoulders once or twice, but never didn' whip me in all my life dat I knows of.

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Miss Hatchel tell me I better stay on dere whe' I can get flour bread to eat.

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