swingle

transitive verb swingled, swingling

Origin: ME swinglen < MDu swinghelen < swinghel, a swingle: see swinglethe

noun

1. a wooden, swordlike tool used to clean flax or hemp by beating or scraping
2. the swiple of a flail

Origin: ME < OE swingele < MDu swinghel: for IE base see swing

noun

Origin: swin(ger) + (sin)gle