flail

Noun

flail (plural flails)

1. A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain or thong etc.
2. A weapon which has the striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain etc.

5 letters in word "flail": A F I L L.

No anagrams for flail found in this word list.

Words found within flail:

ai ail al alif all fa fail fall fil fila fill if ill la li

• Definitions:
• Large foot soldier's weapon used in Europe; normally made of wood and reinforced with metal bands; some were fitted with hooks to keep the ...
• (flail) (fl?l) exhibiting abnormal or paradoxical mobility, as flail joint, flail chest, or flail valve.
• one of the most important insignias, used with the crook to represent the majesty of the kings. THe flail, carried by the god Osiris, is normaly shown in the hands of dead kings. ...
• Universal tool for threshing. Used to separate the grain or seed from the plant stalk (straw).
• a jointed weapon consisting of a spiked, flanged or knobbed steel bludgeon joined by a chain to a short wood or steel haft. Use of the large two-handed flail continued to be taught in fight schools into the 17th century. ...
• thrash: give a thrashing to; beat hard an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing"
• The flail is a medieval weapon made of one (or more) weights attached to a handle with a hinge or chain. ...
• A flail is an agricultural tool used for threshing, to separate grains from their husks.

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