Definitions for "Threshing"
Keywords:  straw, flail, panicle, husks, grain
Operation of detaching or separating the rice grains from the panicle by hand or mechanical means.
the separation of grain or seeds from the husks and straw; "they used to do the threshing by hand but now there are machines to do it"
to separate the grain from the wheat
Keywords:  tobacco, cigarettes, stem, leaf, fairly
A stage in tobacco processing that involves cutting the blade of the leaf away from the stem with a machine called a thresher, resulting in fairly small pieces of leaf blade suitable for use in cigarettes. The threshing process is a key operation in achieving particle size distribution of re-dried tobacco.
A mechanical process that removes the mid-rib from tobacco leaves.
The process of cutting up the tobacco leaf and removing the stems.