noun
- plural of swipple: the free-swinging part of a flail used for threshing grain
Usage: agricultural; historical
Examples
- The farmer replaced the worn swipples on his old flail.
- Traditional threshing required well-balanced swipples to separate grain effectively.
- The museum displayed antique flails with their original wooden swipples.
- Craftsmen carved new swipples from seasoned hardwood.
- The swipples swung freely as the farmer worked the grain.