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English
Etymology
From ret + -ery.
Noun
rettery (plural retteries)
- (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
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