thresher

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw
noun large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed

From Middle English thresshere; equivalent to thresh + -er. The shark's tail is thought to resemble the implement.

He came to the threshers. — Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry, Unknown
Then he began to thrash around like a thresher in a barn. — Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant, Guy de Maupassant
If you are any man’s wife you are mine!” The threshers now began to stir below. — Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman, Thomas Hardy

thrasher, threshing machine

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