noun

definition

A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.

definition

A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.

verb

definition

To beat using a flail or similar implement.

definition

To wave or swing vigorously

synonyms

definition

To thresh.

definition

To move like a flail.

example

He was flailing wildly, but didn't land a blow.

Examples of flails in a Sentence

When a human being finds himself falling from a threatening height, he typically panics and flails.

For a more wicked design choice, check out their assortment of battle axes, flails, maces, and crossbows.

Flails and maces are gruesome looking items with spiked heads on chains for hitting opponents over their shields.

It can seldom be obtained in large portions, and has the disadvantage of being apt to warp; its great hardness, however, renders it valuable for the manufacture of various articles, such as the cogs of mill-wheels, flails and mallets, and handles of hammers.

Rice is threshed by beating the ears on a log; other grains, with flails on mud threshing-floors.

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