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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

swingle

/swing-guhl/US // ˈswɪŋ gəl //UK // (ˈswɪŋɡəl) //

摆动,挥杆,摆动式,摆动式的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a swipple.
    • : a wooden instrument shaped like a large knife, for beating flax or hemp and scraping from it the woody or coarse portions.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    swin·gled, swin·gling.

    • : to clean by beating and scraping with a swingle.

Examples

  • Did you ever notice the swingle-tree of a carriage to which the horses are attached when drawing?

  • Prof. Walter Swingle offers his cooperation in experiments in propagation.

  • You could hear him above the chink of the swingle-bars and the drumming of our horses' hoofs on the miry road.

  • Either with the swingle-bar, or with the haunch of our near leader, we had struck the off-wheel of the little gig.

  • Fire Chief Swingle sent notice to the managers that all aisles must be kept cleared.

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