swingle
1a swipple.
a wooden instrument shaped like a large knife, for beating flax or hemp and scraping from it the woody or coarse portions.
to clean (flax or hemp) by beating and scraping with a swingle.
Origin of swingle
1Other words from swingle
- un·swin·gled, adjective
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Other definitions for swingle (2 of 2)
a single person who is highly active socially and sexually; an unmarried person who swings.
Origin of swingle
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How to use swingle in a sentence
Did you ever notice the swingle-tree of a carriage to which the horses are attached when drawing?
Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained | Jane Haldimand Marcet and Thomas P. JonesProf. Walter swingle offers his cooperation in experiments in propagation.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting | Northern Nut Growers AssociationYou could hear him above the chink of the swingle-bars and the drumming of our horses' hoofs on the miry road.
Two Sides of the Face | Arthur Thomas Quiller-CouchEither with the swingle-bar, or with the haunch of our near leader, we had struck the off-wheel of the little gig.
An English Grammar | W. M. Baskervill and J. W. SewellFire Chief swingle sent notice to the managers that all aisles must be kept cleared.
Chicago's Awful Theater Horror | Various
British Dictionary definitions for swingle
/ (ˈswɪŋɡəl) /
a flat-bladed wooden instrument used for beating and scraping flax or hemp to remove coarse matter from it
(tr) to use a swingle on
Origin of swingle
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