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Threshing floor

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-005976

A hard, level surface, often circular and paved, where harvested grain crops are threshed to separate the kernels from the stalks and husks. This area provides a clean and firm base for manual or animal-powered threshing operations. Traditional threshing floors are still used in some agricultural communities.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-005976
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectAgricultural equipment
Synonymscornfloor; grain yard; summer floor
TranslationsGerman: Dreschplatz; Spanish: era; French: aire de battage
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-005976",
  "term": "Threshing floor",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A hard, level surface, often circular and paved, where harvested grain crops are threshed to separate the kernels from the stalks and husks. This area provides a clean and firm base for manual or animal-powered threshing operations. Traditional threshing floors are still used in some agricultural communities.",
  "synonyms": [
    "cornfloor",
    "grain yard",
    "summer floor"
  ],
  "subject": "Agricultural equipment",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Dreschplatz",
    "es": "era",
    "fr": "aire de battage"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/threshing-floor/"
}

Record 6,471 of 7,291 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.