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Swingling
Translation of "swingling" into Russian
swingling
Noun
UK
/ˈswɪŋlɪŋ/
US
/ˈswɪŋlɪŋ/
swingling
Swingling is an important step in the process of preparing flax fibers.
Трепание является важным этапом в процессе подготовки льняных волокон.
swingle
Verbswingling
Gerund
UK
/ˈswɪŋɡl̩/
US
/ˈswɪŋɡəl/
swingle
swingles
swingled Past Simple / Past Participle
swingling Gerund
He learned how to swingle flax to prepare it for spinning.
Он научился мять лен, чтобы подготовить его к прядению.
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Definitions
swingling
Noun
UK
/ˈswɪŋɡlɪŋ/
US
/ˈswɪŋɡəlɪŋ/
The process of beating or scraping flax or hemp in order to separate the usable fibres from the woody parts (shives).
Swingling is an essential stage in preparing flax for spinning.
swingle
Verb
UK
/ˈswɪŋɡl̩/
US
/ˈswɪŋɡəl/
To beat or thrash flax or hemp to separate the fibers.
The workers would swingle the flax to prepare it for spinning.
To beat or flog something or someone vigorously.
In old tales, misbehaving apprentices were threatened with being swingled for their laziness.
swingling
Pres. Participle
UK
/ˈswɪŋɡlɪŋ/
US
/ˈswɪŋɡəlɪŋ/
Relating to or used for the beating or scraping of flax or hemp.
The swingling machine left piles of fine fibres on the floor.