She sat on the porch, hitchelling the hem of her dress as she waited for the bus.

After the storm, fishermen found a tangled pile of old hitchels washed up on the shore.

When the caravan stalled on the muddy hillside, the eldest brother hitchelled the wagon back onto the track with a rope and sheer determination.

Before spinning, Maria had to hitchel the flax to separate its fibers.

The old miller showed me how to use the hitchel to comb the flax fibers before spinning.