くるり棒ぼう

noun

flail (for threshing grain)

A traditional farming implement consisting of a long handle with a shorter swinging stick attached, used to beat grain to separate seeds from husks. Rare term; also called 殻竿 (からざお).

See also: 殻竿

• 昔むかしの農のう家かでは、くるり棒ぼうで麦むぎを打うって脱だっ穀こくした。

  In old farmhouses, they threshed wheat by beating it with a flail.