a machine for making tiles, esp. drain-tiles.
One who or that which thwacks; a beater; spec. an implement for beating half-dried pantiles into shape on the thwacking-frame.
The action of thwack, v. in various senses. Also attributive: thwacking-frame n. a stand on which pantiles are beaten into shape. thwacking-horse n.…
The curved top of the stand on which tiles are made.