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skäktkniv — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • scutch verb To beat or whip; to drub.

Senses

skäktkniv is used for these senses in English:

  • scutch (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.
  • scutching sword (historical) A beating instrument for scutching flax by hand.

scutch — full definition

  1. verb To beat or whip; to drub.
  2. verb To separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.
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