SCUTCH


Meaning of SCUTCH in English

v.tr. dress (fibrous material, esp. retted flax) by beating.

Derivatives:

scutcher n.

Etymology: OF escouche, escoucher (dial.), escousser, ult. f. L excutere excuss- (as EX-(1), quatere shake)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.