swingel
/ˈswɪŋ(ɡ)əl/
swingel is the alternative form of swingle.
Meaning of swingle
Noun
swingle (plural swingles)
- An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them; a scutch.
- The swinging part of a flail, especially that which is used on the grain in threshing; the swipple.
- The pole of the Chinese flail is roughly 90 cm. long, the swingle about 30 cm. in length, joined to the pole by a wooden axle projecting at right-angles from the top of the swingle and passing through a loop at the top of the pole[…]1984 April 19, Joseph Needham, Francesca Bray, Science and Civilisation in China, Part 2, Agriculture, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 357
Forms of swingel
| plural | swingels |
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Words that rhyme with swingel
Questions about swingel
- What is swingel the alternative form of?
- Swingel is the alternative form of swingle.
- How do you pronounce swingel?
- Swingel is pronounced /ˈswɪŋ(ɡ)əl/.
Words near swingel in the dictionary
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