scutch (redirected from scutched)

scutch  (skch)

tr.v. scutched, scutch·ing, scutch·es

To separate the valuable fibers of (flax, for example) from the woody parts by beating.

n.

An implement used for scutching.

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[Obsolete French escoucher, from Anglo-Norman escucher, from Vulgar Latin *excuticre, frequentative of Latin excutere, to shake out : ex-, ex- + quatere, to shake; see kwt- in Indo-European roots.]

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scutcher n.