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swingles (textile tools)


Identification code: 300023433



Alternative term/s

  • knife, scutching
  • scutching knife
  • scutching knives
  • scutching-knives
  • swengyls
  • swingle
  • swingle-hands
  • swingle-staffs
  • swingle-wands
  • swingles
  • swingling knife
  • swingling knives
  • swingling-bats
  • swingling-knives
  • swingling-staffs

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Scope note:

Wooden instruments resembling a sword, paddle, or butcher's knife, used for beating and scraping flax, hemp, cotton, or other fibrous plant material in order to separate the fibers from woody or coarse particles.The tools may be hand-held or attached to a wheel.

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