hatchel

häkilöidä

häkilä A comb used to separate flax fibers.
1864, George Ripley and Charles Anderson Dana eds., The New American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge VII: “Edward–Fueros” (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 443 & 445 Broadway; London: 16 Little Britain), ‘Flax’, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MtEGAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA554&dq=%22hatchek%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uKAuT9LnNKbP0QXy4_ysCA&ved=0CGQQ6AEwCTgev=onepage&q=%22hatchek%22&f=false page 554

One end of the bundle being hatchelled, it is turned round, and the other is treated in the same way; and the process is repeated on finer hatchels.