swingle

swingle antonyms

swingle definitions

verb
  • To beat or flog, especially for extracting the fibres from flax stalks; to scutch. 

  • To dangle; to wave hanging. 

noun
  • The swinging part of a flail, especially that which is used on the grain in threshing; the swiple. 

  • An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them; a scutch.