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.

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scutch¹

vb

(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) (tr) to separate the fibres from the woody part of (flax) by pounding

n

(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) the tool used for this Also called scutcher

[from obsolete French escoucher, from Vulgar Latin excuticāre (unattested) to beat out, from Latin ex-¹ + quatere to shake]

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scutch²

vb (tr)

Northern English dialect to strike with an open hand