| 单词 | threshing sledge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthreshing sledge threshing sledge n. now chiefly historical a sledge-like wooden implement having a flat surface set with small pieces of iron or sharp stone, used (esp. in North Africa and the Middle East) for crushing and separating grain; cf. threshing sled n. ΚΠ 1792 J. Parkhurst Hebrew & Eng. Lexicon (ed. 3) 643/1 It denotes the stone- or iron-teeth of a tribula or threshing sledge. 1884 Science Apr. 470/1 We are not surprised to see this old threshing-sledge in use in northern Africa. Indeed, it is one of the delightful cases of survival that so often spring upon us. 1965 J. Needham Sci. & Civilisation in China IV. ii. 199 Chinese agricultural books generally depict the use of the flail rather than the threshing-sledge of occidental antiquity. 2012 W. G. Dever Lives of Ordinary People in Anc. Israel vi. 175 (caption) A threshing sledge, showing the embedded stones that crush the grain. < as lemmas |
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