Definition of swingle:
(v) :
(transitive) To beat or flog, especially for extracting the fibres from flax stalks; to scutch.
(n) :
(textiles) An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them; a scutch.
(n) :
The swinging part of a flail, especially that which is used on the grain in threshing; the swipple.
(v) :
To dangle; to wave hanging.
(v) :
(obsolete, UK, dialect) To swing for pleasure.
(n) :
A surname.