1. Grain or other crops left behind after the main harvest; the act of gathering these leftovers.
Usage: Often used in historical or agricultural contexts
2. Small amounts of information, knowledge, or useful items gathered gradually from various sources.
Usage: Figurative use; common in modern contexts

Examples

• The poor were allowed to collect gleanings from the fields after harvest.
• She spent the afternoon gathering gleanings of wheat left by the reapers.
• His book is a collection of gleanings from years of research and travel.
• The article offers useful gleanings about sustainable farming practices.
• From various interviews, the journalist pieced together gleanings that told a larger story.
• The museum's archives contain gleanings of local history from the past century.