noun
- the free-swinging wooden bar of a flail used for threshing grain
Usage: archaic; agricultural
Examples
- The farmer grasped the handle and let the swipple swing down to beat the wheat.
- The old flail’s swipple was made of seasoned oak wood.
- He replaced the worn leather hinge connecting the swipple to the handle.
- The rhythmic sound of the swipple striking grain echoed across the barn.
- Traditional threshing required skill to control the swipple’s motion.