Meaning of bott hammer | Babel Free

Definitions

A hammer used to process flax.

obsolete

Examples

“The bott-hammer is sometimes used for bruising or crushing fibrous plants; it consists of a wooden block⟳, having on its under face⟳ channels or flutings which run⟳ across its surface; the block⟳ is fixed to a long belt-helve or handle⟳, and may be worked singly, or several hammers may be worked in a row by machinery.”

“The same was also effected by the bott hammer⟳, a flat mallet, with its face⟳ cut⟳ into grooves, the handle⟳ to it being curved, and this being repeatedly struck on a quantity of fibre spread⟳ out on a board⟳, first on one side and then on the other.”

“In Austria and other European countries a more primitive, but, it is claimed, less injurious method of breaking is pursued, in which the fibre is opened with a "bott hammer⟳" (batting hammer⟳), which is made of wood ridged like⟳ a cook's implement for pounding steak.”

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