fanning mill

American  

noun

Agriculture.

1. a machine for winnowing grain by the action of riddles and sieves and an air blast.

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Etymology

Origin of fanning mill

First recorded in 1740–50

Example Sentences

E, a storage room for fanning mill, cutting-box, or other machinery, or implements, of same size and height as the granary.

From Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings by Allen, Lewis Falley

He saw the wagon-works and the fanning mill factory and the reaper industry come up out of these timber products.

From The Masques of Ottawa by Bridle, Augustus

Then the fanning mill came into play to clean the grain, after which it was carried to the granary, whence again it was taken either to the mill or to market.

From Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian by Haight, Canniff

When they are well dried, thresh with a flail, rake off the straw, sweep up the beans and clean by winnowing in the wind or with a fanning mill with suitable screens.

From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)

Finally, all foreign matter is removed by screening and hollow seed blown out by passing it through an ordinary fanning mill.

From Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods by Allen, Edward Tyson