hummellerhummelern.
/ˈhʌm(ə)lə/ One who or that which hummels; spec. a machine for removing the awns from barley.
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1842 C. W. Johnson Farmer's Encycl. 171/2 Barley hummeller,..an instrument worked by the hand, which is employed when the thrashing machine is not in use.
1849 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (ed. 2) I. 421/2 In some cases the thrashing-machine itself is made the hummeller, by employing an iron fluted cover to the drum.
1862 J. Wilson Farming 161 When barley is thrashed, it is first carried by a separate set of elevators..into a hummeller, in which it is freed from the awns.
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