rettery

English

Etymology

From ret ‎ -ery.

Noun

rettery (plural retteries)

1. (historical) A place or establishment where flax is retted.
   • 1839, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines:

     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

Translations

place to soak hemp or flax

• French: rouissoir (fr)

References

• “rettery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.