单词 | threshing flail |
释义 | > as lemmasthreshing flail C1. General use as a modifier (in sense 2b), as in threshing barn, threshing flail, etc.See also threshing floor n., threshing machine n., threshing mill n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > threshing > flail threshelOE flaila1100 flagel1647 threshing flail1686 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > threshing > threshing field or floor bartonc950 summer fieldc1384 thrashing floora1398 corn-floora1425 summer halla1425 threshing floora1450 summer floor1535 threshing barn1812 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. l. 10 (MED) They comen to þe þreschyng feeld of Adad. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Amos i. 3 Thei haue threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of yron. 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Isa. xli. 15 I have made thee as a new threshing wayne [L. plaustrum triturans], having teeth like a saw. 1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation ii. 106/2 Provide a Stick..about the bigness of a Threshing-Flail. 1812 J. Sinclair Acct. Syst. Husbandry Scotl. i. 15 The threshing-barn..must be sufficiently spacious to contain one stack of grain in the straw. 2002 P. Long Guide to Rural Wales vii. 220 Llanerchaeron was a self-sufficient estate, which is evident in the dairy, laundry, brewery and salting room as well as the home farm buildings from the stables to the threshing barn. < as lemmas |
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