noun
- a wooden tool used for beating flax or hemp to separate the fibers
Usage: historical
verb
- to beat flax or hemp with a swingle to separate the fibers
Usage: historical
Examples
- The farmer used a swingle to process the flax harvest.
- She learned to swingle the hemp fibers by hand.
- The old swingle hung on the barn wall as a reminder of past methods.
- Workers would swingle the flax to prepare it for spinning.
- The wooden swingle was an essential tool for fiber preparation.