Flail
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flail
[flāl] (agriculture)
A manual device for threshing consisting of a long wooden handle with a free-swinging stick attached to the end.
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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Flail
a primitive agricultural implement for threshing grain, consisting of a wooden handle up to 2 m long and a short (up to 0.8 m) beater connected by a rawhide strap.
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
flail
A device for breaking or crushing material by means of one or more hammers which are hinged or pivoted about a rotating axle.
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