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hatchel

[ hach-uhl ]

verb (used with object)

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

hatchel

/ ˈhætʃəl /

verb

  1. another word for heckle heckle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈhatcheller, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hatchel1

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

Origin of hatchel1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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