Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

swipple

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: swip-ple
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The part of a flail that is free to swing, and which strikes the grain in threshing.

Example Sentences

"The flail has now become such a rare agricultural implement that it is well to bear in mind that its two main parts were the handstaff and swipple."
"As showing the local influence of the tool, one may refer to the custom in Yorkshire by which a girl, on being proposed to, took a piece of straw and broke it into two lengths (long and short), typifying the handstaff and swipple of the flail. If she gave the former to her lover, she accepted him: but if she tendered the shorter piece, "she gave him 't swipple end," or rejected him."
"Traditional flails had a handle (haft), usually about 40 inches long, and a swipple (also called a swingle), about 24 inches long. The two pieces were hinged together with leather or eel skin."

Etymology

See swipe.

Inflected Forms

swipples (plural) swipel (alternative) swiple (alternative)

Synonyms

swingle

Questions

What does swipple mean?: The part of a flail that is free to swing, and which strikes the grain in threshing.
Where does swipple come from?: See swipe.

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