ˈretted, ppl. a.
[f. ret v.2 + -ed1.]
Prepared by retting.
| 1839 Ure Dict. Arts 487, 100 pounds of the stalks of retted flax..afford from 45 to 48 pounds of broken flax. 1894 Times 12 Mar. 13/5 The ordinary retted flax is fed into the breaker, where the woody portion is loosened and partially detached. |