Wheat and oat plants have a head of edible grain at the top of a long stem. After the grain is cut and dried, the seed heads have to be removed from the stems. This is called threshing. Threshing on farms with small amounts of grain was done using a tool called a flail. … It is used to break the seed heads apart.

What is threshing and how it is done?

Threshing is a method of separating grain from the stalk. The reaped crop is beaten so that the grain is separated from the stalk and grain’s outer cover called husk or chaff is loosened. Usually, threshing is done by beating the reaped crop by sticks and allowing animals like bullocks and buffaloes to tread the crop.

What does threshing of the grain mean?

to separate the grain or seeds from (a cereal plant or the like) by some mechanical means, as by beating with a flail or by the action of a threshing machine.