fanning mill

American  

noun

Agriculture.

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

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Etymology

Origin of fanning mill

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!

From Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail by Wilson, F. N. (Frederick N.)

They are then run through a fanning mill which cleans them, and they are finally graded by passing through screens having openings of different sizes.

From How We are Fed A Geographical Reader by Chamberlain, James Franklin

An early fanning mill with pulley and leather belt.

From Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 by Schlebecker, John T.

A more perfect cleaning afterwards could be secured with a grain fanning mill or a simple sieve of the right mesh.

From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)

This is a working model of a fanning mill invented by Joseph and James Montgomery and covered by patents 10324, issued in 1853; 13062, issued in 1855; and 16447, issued in 1857.

From Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 by Schlebecker, John T.