swipple
noun
the freely swinging part of a flail, which falls upon the grain in threshing; swingle.
swiple
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a variation of
swipple.
Example Sentences
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And my uniform-case, of which he never let go, described a very beautiful parabola, and then came down upon the weigh-bridge, as the swiple of an uplifted flail comes down upon grain….
From Jonah and Co. by Dornford Yates
Both parts, the staff or handle, and the swingle or swiple, were carefully shaped from well-chosen wood, to be joined together later by an eelskin or leather strap.
From Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle
