n. & v.
--n.
1. a wooden instrument for beating flax and removing the woody parts from it.
2 the swinging part of a flail.
--v.tr. clean (flax) with a swingle.
Etymology: ME f. MDu. swinghel (as SWING, -LE(1))
n. & v.
--n.
1. a wooden instrument for beating flax and removing the woody parts from it.
2 the swinging part of a flail.
--v.tr. clean (flax) with a swingle.
Etymology: ME f. MDu. swinghel (as SWING, -LE(1))
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012