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flax brake

noun
variants: or less commonly flaxbreak or flax breaker

Definition of flax brake

: a machine for separating the woody stem tissues from the fiber in flax

History and Etymology for flax brake

flax brake from flax + brake (machine); flax break & flax breaker by folk etymology from flax brake

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