Another word for threshing

threshing Synonyms

threshing

The act of removing grain from hulls
separating, flailing, beating, treading, garnering, winnowing, sifting, harvesting, putting it through*, combining*; see also division 1.
A beating
trouncing, infliction, drubbing; see punishment.

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The methods of threshing and winnowing were the same as those in use in ancient Egypt.
His altar and threshing-floor were shown on the Rarian plain near Eleusis; hence he is sometimes called the son of Rarus.
Although on the large farms iron ploughs, and threshing and grain-cleaning machines, have been introduced, the small cultivator prefers the simple native plough made of wood.
The steam-engine first took the place of horses as a threshing power in 1803, but it was not until after 1850 that it was applied to the plough and cultivator.
The Chaff-cutting Machines (Accidents) Act 1897 is a measure very similar in its intention to the Threshing Machines Act 1878, and provides for the automatic prevention of accidents to persons in charge of chaff-cutting machines.

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