debulhar — meaning in English

English meaning

• flail noun An old farming tool with a short swinging stick attached to a handle, used to beat grain loose from its husks.
• thresh verb To beat crops so the grain comes away from the straw or husks, using a flail, machinery, or animals driven over them.

Senses

debulhar is used for these senses in English:

• flail (transitive) To thresh.
• thresh (transitive, agriculture) To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.

flail — full definition

1. noun An old farming tool with a short swinging stick attached to a handle, used to beat grain loose from its husks.
2. noun A weapon with a heavy striking head joined to the handle by a chain or flexible link.
3. verb To wave or swing about wildly and without control.

thresh — full definition

1. verb To beat crops so the grain comes away from the straw or husks, using a flail, machinery, or animals driven over them.
2. verb To come away from the straw in this way, or be able to.
3. verb (informal) To hit someone hard, usually with a stick or whip.
4. verb To thrash your arms and legs about wildly.

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