English to Turkish Tech/Engineering Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting Processing Flax

Greetings,

My (Turkish) wife is sure that she has seen a brake in Turkey. It’s used for separating the fibres of the flax from the rest of the plant.

Please see
http://www.rodniki.bel.ru/bit/od_krapiva2.html
The primitive brake is the very first picture you come to, at the top of the page. A more sophisticated version comes second (with the rollers).

Just in case it help, the Kyrghyz word for a similar device is “talku” (long U).

All the best,

Simon