threshing floor

Noun

Meaning

threshing floor (plural threshing floors)

The floor of a threshing house or similar area where grain is threshed.
Synonyms: grain yard, cornfloor

threshing-floor (plural threshing-floors)

Alternative spelling of threshing floor

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threshing-floor

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"And as in some great threshing-floor go leaping From a broad pan the black-skinned beans or peas." Source: Internet

Daniel Zohary and Maria Hopf Domestication of Plants in the Old World Oxford University Press, 2012, ISBN 0199549060, p. 114. In the Iliad (8th century BCE) is a passing mention of beans and chickpeas cast on the threshing floor. Source: Internet

His winnowing-fan is in his hand so that he may clear his threshing-floor, and store the grain in his barn, but the chaff he will burn with a fire that cannot be put out." Source: Internet

Naomi sent Ruth to the threshing floor at night and told her to go where he slept, and "uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do." Source: Internet

The center, which is housed in a ten-room multistory building from the days of the Ottoman empire, also includes a threshing floor, a stone quarry, a stable with mangers, a wine press, a watch tower, a wedding canopy and a replica of an ancient gravesite. Source: Internet

Still, following Aviam’s criticism, I will revisit Makhoz site to look for the threshing floor. Source: Internet

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