flail
flail/flāl/
noun
a threshing tool consisting of a wooden staff with a short heavy stick swinging from it.
verb
- wave or swing or cause to wave or swing wildly."his arms were flailing helplessly"synonyms: wave, swing, thrash around, flap around, beat around, windmill, move erratically
- beat; flog."he escorted them, flailing their shoulders with his cane"synonyms: thrash, beat, strike, batter, drub, flog, whip, lash, scourge, flay, flagellate, strap, switch, tan, cane, tan/whip someone's hide, give someone a hiding, clout, welt, belabor, wallop, whack, lam, give someone a (good) hiding, larrup
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A flail is a weapon consisting of a striking head attached to a handle by a flexible rope, strap, or chain. The chief tactical virtue of the flail was its ...
The meaning of FLAIL is a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing ...
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A flail is a weapon consisting of a striking head attached to a handle by a flexible rope, strap, or chain. The chief tactical virtue of the flail was its capacity to strike around a defender's shield or parry. Wikipedia