threshing machine

American  

noun

Agriculture.

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

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threshing machine British  

noun

1. a machine for threshing crops

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Etymology

Origin of threshing machine

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

It takes a village, not a threshing machine, to complete the harvest of pounds of watermelon seeds that will fill the simple, white packets sold by Turtle Tree Seed.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2023

Kansas’s title defense, which ended with Bill Self unable to coach as he recovers from a heart procedure, included 28 victories before it ran headlong into Arkansas’ threshing machine of athleticism.

From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2023

When I visited the Svosves at their homestead in Mduzi, a semi-arid area with grey-coloured stony soil, members of the family were crowded around a threshing machine spitting out buckets of grain.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2022

One might wonder why entrepreneurs and investors keep lining up for the privilege of being channelled into what has become a vast financial threshing machine.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 20, 2020

Samuel should have been rich from his well rig and his threshing machine and his shop, but he had no gift for business.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck