Swing'el, n.

(swĭng'gəl) (Synop., § 130), n. [A-S. swingel, swingele, whip, scourge, O. D. swinghel, a flax whip, swenghel, a swing-beam, Ger. schwengel, a swing-bar, beam. See SWING and SWINGLE.] That part of a flail which falls on the grain in thrashing; swiple.