threshing machine

English

Noun

threshing machine (plural threshing machines)

1. (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.