Thresher

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛʃə(r)

Origin

thresh + -er. The shark's tail is thought to resemble the implement.

Full definition of thresher

Noun

1. (agriculture) Anything or anyone that threshes.
2. (agriculture, obsolete) A now-obsolete hand tool for threshing, also called a flail.
3. (agriculture) A modern farm machine for threshing grain, now a part of combine harvesters rather than a separate implement.
4. (zoology) Any of several large pelagic sharks of the genus Alopias, which have a very long tail; more commonly called thresher sharks. from 1880s

Derived terms

• thresherman

Related terms

• threshing
• thresh