Meaning of swingle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them; a scutch.
3. The swinging part of a flail, especially that which is used on the grain in threshing; the swipple.

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Examples

“The pole of the Chinese flail is roughly 90 cm. long, the swingle about 30 cm. in length, joined to the pole by a wooden axle projecting at right-angles from the top of the swingle and passing through a loop at the top of the pole[…]”

“(A flail swingle was a large wooden handle⟳ attached to a freeswinging stick⟳, which was used in threshing grain.)”

“Once cut⟳ into the correct⟳ size and shape⟳, the handle⟳ of the flail, dumb in bendum 'unspeaking in bonds' (6b), is attached to the swingle or swipple, the swinging part of the flail, with a cord, rope, or chain tied through the hole or[…]”

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