thresher
nounUK /ˈθɹɛʃə(ɹ)/
Etymology From Middle English thresshere; equivalent to thresh + -er. The shark's tail is thought to resemble the implement.
1
Agriculture, Business, Lifestyle Anything or anyone that threshes.
2
Agriculture, Business, Lifestyle Historical A now-obsolete hand tool for threshing, also called a flail.
3
Agriculture, Business, Lifestyle A modern farm machine for threshing grain, now a part of combine harvesters rather than a separate implement.
- Derived terms
- common thresher, harvester-thresher, thresherman, thresher whale