Flail

[fleɪl] or [flel]

解释:

(noun.) an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing.

(verb.) move like a flail; thresh about; 'Her arms were flailing'.

编辑:默里--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stouter and shorter pole or club, called a swipe, is so hung as to swing freely.

(n.) An ancient military weapon, like the common flail, often having the striking part armed with rows of spikes, or loaded.

编辑:普鲁登斯

解释:

n. an implement for threshing corn consisting of a wooden bar (the swingle) hinged or tied to a handle: a medieval weapon with spiked iron swingle.—v.t. to strike with or as if with a flail.

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