rettery

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noun

A place or establishment where flax is retted.

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Meanings

nounrettery (plural retteries)

plural retteries

  1. historicalA place or establishment where flax is retted.

    The most perfect adaptation of Schenck's system is at the rettery of M. Auguste Scrive, near Lille […]. Tanks of wood or stone are used, each to contain two and a half tons of flax straw

    1839, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines

Origin

From ret + -ery.

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Translations

French rouissoir
  • rouissoirplace to soak hemp or flax
Cite this entry
APA

rettery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rettery

MLA

“rettery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rettery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rettery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rettery.

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