Rettery

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A place or establishment where flax is retted. historical

    "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"

  2. 2
    a place or establishment where flax is retted. wordnet

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"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"

Etymology

From ret + -ery.

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