noun
also flaxbreak or flax breaker
Etymology: flax brake from flax + brake (machine); flax break & flax breaker by folk etymology from flax brake
: a machine for separating the woody stem tissues from the fiber in flax
noun
also flaxbreak or flax breaker
Etymology: flax brake from flax + brake (machine); flax break & flax breaker by folk etymology from flax brake
: a machine for separating the woody stem tissues from the fiber in flax
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012