threshing
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- the separation of grain or seeds from the husks and straw“they used to do the threshing by hand but now there are machines to do it”
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Thresh \Thresh\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Threshed; p. pr. & vb. n. Threshing.] Same as Thrash. [1913 Webster]
He would thresh, and thereto dike and delve. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]