to swingle
9.9
To beat plant stems to free flax or hemp fibers to make thread
- verb
- /ˈswɪŋɡəl/
- Archaic
:
batir
- Farmers often swingle flax by striking it with a wooden tool to separate the fibers.
Examples
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She learned to swingle the flax efficiently, ensuring the fibers were loosened for weaving.
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To prepare the hemp for processing, the workers swingle it using a traditional wooden tool.
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If you wants to swingle, you gots to mingle 'cause this is it.
Synonyms
9.9
To beat plant stems to remove woody parts and free fibers for spinning
focuses on separating and loosening fibers for processing rather than cleaning
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Etymology
The verb swingle is like the action of swing, meaning 'to move back and forth' and hit something with force. So to swingle flax or hemp is to beat it with a swinging motion to separate and loosen the fibers.