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Meanings of scutching in English

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Process of separating and cleaning vegetable fiber before spinning.

        трепание
        Synonyms
        Examples for "swingling"
        Examples for "swingling"
        1
        After that he would swingle it over a swingling-board, with a long knife; then he made it into hands of flax.
        The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 1, January, 1884
        2
        But they both knew he took a certain secret joy from swingling wildly all about, making the shadows spin and skirl.
        The Slow Regard of Silent Things
        Usage of scutching in English
        1
        The particles of woody matter adhering to the fibers are detached by scutching.
        Textiles and Clothing
        2
        The next operations consist of "breaking," "scutching," and "hackling" and are now done by machinery.
        Textiles and Clothing
        3
        Before the fibers are entirely free from the woody part of the plant they undergo the processes of beating, breaking, scutching, hackling, etc.
        Textiles, for Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools ...
        4
        Inspecting, Burling and Trimming, Bleaching, Washing, Scutching, Drying.
        Textiles, for Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools ...
        Frequent collocations
        Translations for scutching
        Portuguese
        espadelar
        Scutching through the time