threshing machine

English

Noun

threshing machine (plural threshing machines)

(agriculture, dated) A farm machine for threshing grain.
Synonym: thresher
- 1941 June, “Notes and News: The Derelict Glyn Valley Tramway”, in Railway Magazine, pages 279–280:
  There are numerous sheds in the now grass-grown yard, most of which now house threshing machines and farm carts instead of locomotives and rolling stock, although [in] the roofs of some are gaping holes.

References

“threshing machine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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