Word: heckling
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: heckling
Definition: The preparation of flax for spinning using special combs called hackles.
Morphemes:
Affix: heckle
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To prepare flax for spinning using special combs called hackles
Etymology Compounds: Affix: hekelen
Language: enm
Decoded: hekelen
Meaning: to comb flax or hemp with a heckle
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.