The Collaborative International Dictionary
Swingling
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.
Swingling
Swingling \Swin"gling\, a. & n. from Swingle, v. t.
Swingling tow, the coarse part of flax, separated from the finer by swingling and hatcheling.
Wiktionary
swingling
vb. (present participle of swingle English)
Usage examples of "swingling".
It was a thick auburn braid, waist-length, with the end of it flicking her high, swingling rump, and there was more wind filling her skirt than hips.