pectrix

pectrix [ML] , female comber or carder of wool, kempster. nec pectrix, nec nens D. Bec. 2214 (v. nere c); ~ices ‥ carpunt lanam villosam, quam pectinibus cum dentibus ferreis depilant Garl. Dict. 135; si ~ices [M. Scot: kemestaris] reliquerint burgum Leg. IV Burg. 103; hec ~ix ‥ kemster ‥ hec ~ix, a kempster WW.