threshing machine

noun Agriculture.

a machine for removing grains and seeds from straw and chaff.

Nearby words

thresh, thresh out, thresher, thresher shark, threshing, threshing machine, threshold, threshold agreement, threshold limit value, threshold stimulus, threshold substance

Origin of threshing machine

First recorded in 1765–75

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Examples from the Web for threshing machine

We heard the buzzing noise of the threshing-machine in the adjoining fields.
A Boy's Voyage Round the World|The Son of Samuel Smiles
The first threshing-machine Quito ever saw was made in 1867 by some California miners, but it remained unsold when we last saw it.
The Andes and the Amazon|James Orton
Some person unknown has put a threshing-machine inside the old bean and substituted a piece of brown paper for our tongue.
Jill the Reckless|P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
It was he who invented the first threshing-machine used in this county.
The Hillman|E. Phillips Oppenheim

All the time the cannon was booming in the northeast, but they paid no more attention to it than if it were a threshing-machine.
A Hilltop on the Marne|Mildred Aldrich

British Dictionary definitions for threshing machine

threshing machine

noun

a machine for threshing crops

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