threshing floor
Harvest processing surface
A threshing floor is a hard, flat surface—traditionally packed earth or stone—where harvested grain is separated from its stalks and husks.
Farmers spread the cut grain and beat it or had animals trample it, then tossed the mixture so wind could blow away the lighter chaff.
The term appears frequently in biblical texts and historical accounts of agriculture.
Separating grain from chaff
- chaffProtective seed coverings
- flailSwing limbs erratically
- siftSeparate coarse from fine
- huskDry seed covering
kernel · bran · groat · sheaves · straw · fodder · treading · scattering
Sacred ritual table
- offeringSomething presented or given
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- templeSacred worship structure
- DavidMasculine Hebrew name
sacrifice · holy · consecrated · pilgrimage · gathering · biblical · ceremonial · Gideon
winnowing
Separating grain from chaff
husk · kernel · bran · groat · sheaves · straw · fodder · treading · scattering · separating
altar
Sacred ritual table
David · sacrifice · holy · consecrated · pilgrimage · gathering · biblical · ceremonial · Gideon · Ruth
harvest
Gathering mature crops
- reapingCutting crops for collection
- scytheManual crop-cutting implement
- sickleCurved hand-held harvesting blade
crop · yield · husbandry · barn · granary · farmhand · cultivation · sheaves · bundling · glean
ancient
Very old indeed
clay · circular · flat · outdoor · village · oxen · yoke · handwork · preindustrial · ritual
- harvestreaping, fall harvest, wheat sheaf, reaper, reap
- barnsbarn, red barn, bank barn, dairy barn, pole barn
- farm traditionsbarn raising, barn dances, harvest festival, county fairs, farmers markets
- farm villagefarmhouse, barn, farmer, fields, crops
- Pre-electric technologywaterwheel, water wheel, windlass, pulley, plow
- village featureshut, town square, well, plaza, church
threshing floorgranary
Building for storing cereals
grain silo · storehouse · barn · grain bin · wheat field
threshing floorgranary
Building for storing cereals
storehouse · grain elevator · warehouse · hopper · collection bin
threshing floorgranary
Building for storing cereals
silo · root cellar · icehouse · seed vault · grain elevator
floor, flooring, threshold, thrash, floors, floored, thrashed, thresh, thresher