swingle

English - Turkish

Definition of swingle in English Turkish dictionary: (keten) tokmakla dövmek; keten tokmağı; {f} tokmaklamak (keten); keten tokmak; (fiil) tokmaklamak (keten); (isim) keten tokmağı; tokmakla döv; tokmakla dövmek

English - English

Definition of swingle in English English dictionary: An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them; a scutch; to beat or flog, especially for extracting the fibres from flax stalks; to scutch
The first operation in dressing flax is to swingle or beat it, in order to detach it from the harle or skimps.; {v} to swing in pleasure, dangle, beat flax; To clean, as flax, by beating it with a swingle, so as to separate the coarse parts and the woody substance from it; to scutch; To dangle; to wave hanging; A wooden instrument like a large knife, about two feet long, with one thin edge, used for beating and cleaning flax; a scutcher; called also swingling knife, swingling staff, and swingling wand; To swing for pleasure; To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; said of weeds