threshing machine
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English
Noun
threshing machine (plural threshing machines)
- (agriculture, dated) A farm machine for threshing grain.
- Synonym: thresher
- 1941 June, “Notes and News: The Derelict Glyn Valley Tramway”, in Railway Magazine, pages 279–280:
- There are numerous sheds in the now grass-grown yard, most of which now house threshing machines and farm carts instead of locomotives and rolling stock, although [in] the roofs of some are gaping holes.
References
- “threshing machine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.