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Definitions of flail in various dictionaries:
noun - an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end
verb - give a thrashing to
verb - move like a flail
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| To thresh grain. |
| To beat or strike with or as if with a flail: flailed our horses with the reins. |
| To strike or lash out violently: boxers flailing at each other in the ring. |
| To move vigorously or erratically thrash about: arms flailing helplessly in the water. |
| To thresh using a flail. |
| To wave or swing vigorously thrash: flailed my arms to get their attention. |
| A manual threshing device consisting of a long wooden handle or staff and a shorter, free-swinging stick attached to its end. |
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A flail is an agricultural tool used for threshing, the process of separating grains from their husks. * It is usually made from two or more large sticks attached by a short chain; one stick is held and swung, causing the other (the swipple) to strike a pile of grain, loosening the husks. The precise dimensions and shape of flails were determined by generations of farmers to suit the particular grain they were harvesting. For example, flails used by farmers in Quebec to process wheat were generally made from two pieces of wood, the handle being about 1.5 m (4.9 ft) long by 3 cm (1.2 in) in diameter, and the second stick being about 1 m (3.3 ft) long by about 3 cm (1.2 in) in diameter, with a slight taper towards the end. Flails for other grains, such as rice or spelt, would have had different dimensions.* Flails have generally fallen into disuse in many nations because of the availability of technologies such as combine harvesters that require much less manual labour. But in many places, |