{Thrashing floor}, {Threshing-floor}, or {Threshing floor}, a
floor or area on which grain is beaten out.
{Thrashing machine}, a machine for separating grain from the straw. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Threshing-floor — Thrashing Thrash ing, a. & n. from {Thrash}, v. [1913 Webster] {Thrashing floor}, {Threshing floor}, or {Threshing floor}, a floor or area on which grain is beaten out. {Thrashing machine}, a machine for separating grain from the straw. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Threshing floor — A threshing floor is a specially flattened surface made either of rock or beaten earth where the farmer would thresh the grain harvest. The threshing floor was either owned by the entire village or by a single family. It was usually located… … Wikipedia
threshing floor — noun The floor of a threshing house or similar area where grain is threshed … Wiktionary
threshing floor — noun a floor or ground area for threshing or treading out grain • Hypernyms: ↑area … Useful english dictionary
threshing-floor — surface on which grain is separated … English contemporary dictionary
threshing-floor — … Useful english dictionary
Threshing — is the process of loosening the edible part of cereal grain from the scaly, inedible chaff that surrounds it. It is the step in grain preparation before winnowing, which separates the loosened chaff from the grain. Threshing does not remove the… … Wikipedia
Threshing-board — A threshing board is an obsolete farm implement used to separate cereals from their straw; that is, to thresh. It is a thick board, made with a variety of slats, with a shape between rectangular and trapezoidal, with the frontal part somewhat… … Wikipedia
floor — floorless, adj. /flawr, flohr/, n. 1. that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks. 2. a continuous, supporting surface extending horizontally throughout a building, having a number of … Universalium
floor — [[t]flɔr, floʊr[/t]] n. 1) the part of a room that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks 2) a continuous supporting surface extending horizontally throughout a building and constituting one level or stage in the structure;… … From formal English to slang
