an instrument for threshing corn. It consists of the following parts. 1. The hand-staff, or piece held in the thresher's hand. 2. The flail, or that part which strikes out the corn. 3. The caplins, or strong double leathers, made fast to the tops of the hand-staff and flail. 4. The middle-band, being the leather thong or fish skin that ties the caplins together.