noun
- plural of swiple: the free-swinging part of a flail used for threshing grain
Usage: agricultural; historical
Examples
- The farmer replaced the worn swiples on his old flail.
- Traditional threshing required sturdy swiples made of hardwood.
- The museum displayed antique flails with their original swiples intact.
- Broken swiples made the grain threshing process much more difficult.
- The blacksmith crafted new metal joints to attach the swiples securely.