godan verb (-su), transitive verb
thresh; thresh grain
Used for separating grain from husks or stalks by beating or pulling. Often used in agricultural contexts.
昔は稲を扱き落とすのに千歯扱きを使った。
In the past, they used a thousand-tooth threshing tool to thresh rice.
Standard kanji spelling for this verb.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; the first part is written in kana.
脱穀する is a more formal or technical term for threshing, while 扱き落とす is a traditional, concrete verb describing the action.
Compound of 扱く (こく, to thresh or strip) and 落とす (おとす, to drop). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word describes the action of stripping grain so that it falls.