threshing machine
Harvest processing equipment
A threshing machine separates grain from stalks and husks—work traditionally done by beating harvested wheat or other cereals with hand tools.
These machines revolutionized agriculture in the 19th century, dramatically reducing the labor required at harvest time.
Modern combines have largely replaced standalone threshing machines by integrating harvesting and threshing into a single operation.
Cereal plant's harvest unit
- wheatCereal crop for flour
- chaffProtective seed coverings
- winnowingSeparating grain from chaff
- sheafBound bundle of stalks
straw · husk · barley · oats · rye · harvester · reaper · crop
Merge, or harvesting machine
- separatorSomething that divides
- cylinderCircular-based solid form
- beltStrap securing trousers
- pulleyGrooved wheel for rope
gearbox · engine · tractor · conveyor · crankshaft · diesel · flywheel · hopper
Agricultural employee
- seasonal workerEmployee hired periodically
- itinerantMoving for work
- barn workAgricultural tasks in outbuildings
- harvest timeSeason of collecting crops
fieldwork · manual labor · labor-saving · workload · productivity · time-saving · drudgery · toil
Agricultural storage structure
- farmhouseDwelling on agricultural land
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- agrarianRelating to land cultivation
homestead · farmyard · cropland · tillage · husbandry · landholding · acreage · plow
Rapid economic mechanization period
- inventionNew device or method
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
- innovatorCreator of new methods
- breakthroughSudden important advance
steam engine · mechanized farming · nineteenth century · agricultural revolution · modernization · progress · prototype · engineer
grain
Cereal plant's harvest unit
sheaf · straw · husk · barley · oats · rye · harvester · reaper · crop · flail
combine
Merge, or harvesting machine
pulley · gearbox · engine · tractor · conveyor · crankshaft · diesel · flywheel · hopper · drum
farmhand
Agricultural employee
- seasonal workerEmployee hired periodically
- itinerantMoving for work
- barn workAgricultural tasks in outbuildings
harvest time · fieldwork · manual labor · labor-saving · workload · productivity · time-saving · drudgery · toil
barn
Agricultural storage structure
- farmhouseDwelling on agricultural land
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
agrarian · homestead · farmyard · cropland · tillage · husbandry · landholding · acreage · plow · fallow
industrial revolution
Rapid economic mechanization period
breakthrough · steam engine · mechanized farming · nineteenth century · agricultural revolution · modernization · progress · prototype · engineer · factory system
- farm equipmenttractor, tractors, plow, plows, plough
- farm toolspitchfork, hoe, rake, shovel, plow
- inventionsprinting press, steam engine, lightbulb, light bulb, microscope
- old machinessteam engine, printing press, telegraph, typewriter, phonograph
- farming historypeasant farming, crop rotation, enclosures, manorialism, open-field system
- Georgian Inventionsspinning jenny, cotton gin, steam engine, power loom, flying shuttle