n. An instrument to thrash with; a flail. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. & n. from Thrash, v. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thrashing floor,
Threshing-floor,
Threshing floor
Thrashing machine,
The wheat was reaped, thrashed, and winnowed by machines. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]
I rather would be Maevius, thrash for rhymes,
Like his, the scorn and scandal of the times. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]