present participle of scutch

The separation of the woody shives from flax, hemp, and jute fibres by beating with a scutch.

plural of scutching

(countable) A wooden implement shaped like a large knife used to separate the valuable fibres of flax or hemp by beating them and scraping from it the woody or coarse portions.

(obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) To beat or whip; to drub. / To separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.

A tuft or clump of grass.

simple past tense and past participle of scutch

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scutch

plural of scutch

plural of scutching sword