retting Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue
    ret.

WordNet

Ret"ting noun
Definitions
  1. The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, meceration, and kindred processes; -- also called rotting. See Ret. Ure.
  2. A place where flax is retted; a rettery. Ure.

Webster 1913