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Tools > Agricultural implements > Flails, agricultural implements

Preferred term

Flails, agricultural implements  

Definition

  • Jointed threshing implements consisting of a wooden staff or handle and a shorter, stouter pole called a swingle, swipple or beater; also applied to earlier unjointed sticks

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Beaters, flails
  • Swingles, flails
  • Swipples, flails

Notation

  • 118312

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-XN1BTJXH-L

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