flaxcomb

noun

Etymology

From flax + comb.

  1. inherited from *ǵómbʰos
  2. inherited from *kambaz
  3. inherited from *kamb
  4. inherited from camb
  5. inherited from comb
  6. compounded as flaxcomb — “flax + comb

Definitions

  1. A hackle, a toothed instrument for cleaning the fibres of flax.

The neighborhood

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