hatchel

Example Sentences

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The corn is held in a convenient handful, like flax on a hatchel.

From Soil Culture by Walden, J. H.

That is to say, in Unter-Scheerau he changed his religion and his business and built himself a shop which was to buyers a mere hatchel and mouse-trap.

From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul

Few have ever seen a woman hatchel flax or card tow, or heard the buzzing of the foot-wheel, or seen bunches of flaxen yarn hanging in the kitchen, or linen cloth whitening on the grass.

From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse

There is the ancient family chest, There the ancestral cards and hatchel; Dorothy, sighing, sinks down to rest, Forgetful of patches, sage, and satchel.

From The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation by Carman, Bliss