scutch

English

Etymology 1

Perhaps imitative.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /skʌʧ/

  Rhymes: -ʌtʃ

Verb

scutch (third-person singular simple present scutches, present participle scutching, simple past and past participle scutched)

1. to beat or flog, especially for extracting the fibers from flax stalks

   • 2005: "Scutching": the title of subsection 32.10.3 in section 32.10 "PROCESSING FIBER FLAX" — John Martin, Warren Leonard, David Stamp, Richard Waldren, Principles of Field Crop Production (4th Edition)
   • 1976: His prey was more often the over-scutched huswives, the threepenny whores with well-whipped backs, both from the beadle and their own hot-blooded clients. — Robert Nye, Falstaff

Translations

beat or flog

Dutch: zwingelen (nl)

Italian: scotolare (it)

Noun

scutch (plural scutches)

1. An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them

Translations

implement used to separate the fibres of flax

Dutch: zwingelmolen (nl)

Italian: maciulla (it) f., scotola (it) f.

Etymology 2

From Irish.

Noun

scutch (plural scutches)

1. A tuft or clump of grass.