The Collaborative International Dictionary
Swingled
Swingle \Swin"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swingled; p. pr. & vb. n. Swingling.] [See Swingel.]
To clean, as flax, by beating it with a swingle, so as to separate the coarse parts and the woody substance from it; to scutch.
To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; -- said of weeds. [Prov. Eng.]
--Forby.
Wiktionary
swingled
vb. (en-past of: swingle)