swingle

C2+ Topic:Tools, Machines & Construction

US /ˈswɪŋɡl/ UK /ˈswɪŋɡl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a wooden tool for beating flax to separate the fibre from the woody stem

She raised the swingle and struck the dried flax against the board.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a wooden tool for beating... scutchbeetleswippleflail

Word family

Derived forms swingling

Related forms swing

Etymology

From Middle English swingel, swingle ('a beating instrument'), from Old English swingell ('a stroke, scourge, rod'), from swingan ('to beat, swing') + the instrumental suffix -el.

swingell Old English swingan Old English

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# swingle

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈswɪŋɡl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈswɪŋɡl/

## Meanings
1. a wooden tool for beating flax to separate the fibre from the woody stem

## Examples
- She raised the swingle and struck the dried flax against the board.

## Synonyms
- scutch
- beetle
- swipple
- flail

## Derived Forms
- swingling

## Related Forms
- swing

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: swingell
- Root: swingan

## Etymology
From Middle English swingel, swingle ('a beating instrument'), from Old English swingell ('a stroke, scourge, rod'), from swingan ('to beat, swing') + the instrumental suffix -el.

## AI Etymology
Swingle is from Middle English swingel, swingle ('a beating instrument'), from Old English swingell ('a stroke, scourge, rod'), from swingan ('to beat, swing') + the instrumental suffix -el. Important recorded forms include swingell (Old English) and swingan (Old English). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers a wooden tool for beating flax to separate the fibre from the woody stem. The wider family includes derived forms such as swingling and related words such as swing.

## Topics
- Tools, Machines & Construction

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