scutchPronunciation: /skʌtʃ/Definition of scutch verb [with object] dress (fibrous material, especially retted flax) by beating it: it drove mills for scutching flaxDerivatives scutcher noun Origin: mid 18th century: from obsolete French escoucher, from Latin excutere 'shake out'scutch in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of scutch in the US English dictionary
