swingle

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them; a scutch.
2. The swinging part of a flail, especially that which is used on the grain in threshing; the swipple.

Verb

To beat or flog, especially for extracting the fibres from flax stalks; to scutch.

Verb

1. To dangle; to wave hanging.
2. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) To swing for pleasure.

Concepts

aliante

aliante glanduleux

arbre aux pochettes d’argent

arbre du ciel

faux vernis du Japon

frêne puant

Synonymes

scutch

beat

shake

🫨

scutcher

maul

rammer

flail

varnish tree

tree of heaven

tree-of-heaven

copal tree

jerk

mallet

Traductions

Götterbaum

Himmelsbaum

chinesischer Götterbaum

κοπανίζω λινάρι

κόπανος

Ailanthus altissima

Alianthus glandulosa

zwengel

zwingel

zwingelen

zwengelen

árbol del cielo

allanto

alianto

falso barniz

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈswɪŋ(ɡ)əl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: swingel

Hérité de ancien anglais: swingel

Appartenant à moyen néerlandais: swingel

Appartenant à néerlandais: zwingel

Hérité de moyen anglais: swingelen

Appartenant à moyen néerlandais: swingelen

In summary

The noun is from Middle English swingel, from Old English swingel, swingelle (“whip, scourge”), equivalent to swing + -le. Related to Middle Dutch swingel, swengel, Dutch zwingel, zwengel. Doublet of swingel.
The verb is from Middle English swingelen, from the noun. Related to Middle Dutch swingelen, swengelen.