fanning mill

noun

, Agriculture.

1. a machine for winnowing grain by the action of riddles and sieves and an air blast.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fanning mill¹

First recorded in 1740–50

Example Sentences

Sometimes we had a fanning mill, and how it would make my arms ache to turn the crank!

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After a while we got a kind of fanning-mill, mower, reaper, etc.

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A part of my duty was to watch the fanning mill (in the high cupola) in order that the sieves should not clog.

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The pods are first picked by hand from the vines, and then cleaned in a fanning mill to clear them of dust and chaff.

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The wheat was poorly cleaned and had to be run through a fanning-mill several times.

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