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swingle

swingle

9.9
A wooden tool used to beat plant stems to free flax or hemp fibers
  • noun
  • Archaic
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  • The farmer used a swingle to separate the fibers from the flax stalks.

Examples

  • After soaking the hemp, they beat it with a swingle to loosen the fibers.

  • Traditional linen production often involved using a swingle as part of the process.

  • The farmer used a swingle to separate the fibers from the hemp.

  • Can you show me how to use a swingle?

  • The farmer used a swingle to separate the fibers from the flax stalks.

  • After soaking the hemp, they beat it with a swingle to loosen the fibers.

  • Traditional linen production often involved using a swingle as part of the process.

Synonyms

hatchel
vsswingle
  • Archaic
9.9

A wooden tool with comb like teeth that pulls and separates flax fibers before spinning

beats fibers to loosen and separate them using impact rather than combing

How Effective

scutching machine
  • Archaic
9.9
swingle
  • Archaic
9.9

Surface Forms

swingle singular
swingles plural

Etymology

Swingle for the beater comes from the same idea as swing, meaning 'to move back and forth'; picture a person swinging a heavy wooden tool to hit the flax. So a swingle is the wooden tool used to beat and loosen the fibers of flax or hemp.