flail
IPA: fɫˈeɪɫ
noun
- A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with a shorter stick (swipple or swingle) attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
- A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.
verb
- (transitive) To beat using a flail or similar implement.
- (transitive) To wave or swing vigorously
- (transitive) To thresh.
- (intransitive) To move like a flail.
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Examples of "flail" in Sentences
- He also carries the crook and flail.
- Poppen's weapon of choice is the flail.
- Branches tend to flail or weep on the ground.
- A variation of the flail is called a chain mace.
- The 3.4 m wide chain flail is mounted on the back.
- The agricultural flail was transformed into the flail.
- The arms were completed by a crossed flail and scythe.
- One of them is holding a flail and the other one a scythe.
- The flail was predominantly used by knights and foot soldiers.
- As the drum rotates, centrifugal force pushes the flails outward.
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