English Explanatory Dictionary

swingstock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An upright timber, with a blunt edge at the top over which flax was beaten by the swingle.

Word forms

swingstock swingstocks swing-stock

Etymology

From swing + stock.

Synonyms

swinging-block
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