flail
Overview page. Subjects: History.
A hand tool for threshing corn, consisting of two wooden rods tied together by leather thongs.
flail
Overview page. Subjects: History.
A hand tool for threshing corn, consisting of two wooden rods tied together by leather thongs.
flail
in Garner’s Modern English Usage
January 2016; p ublished online August 2016 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Language Reference. 297 words.
To flail is (1) to beat or thrash (something), or (2) to move in a thrashing motion, esp. to whip
flail
in New Oxford Rhyming Dictionary
January 2012; p ublished online May 2013 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Language Reference. 105 words.
• ail, ale, assail, avail, bail, bale, bewail, brail, Braille, chain mail, countervail, curtail, dale, downscale, drail, dwale, entail,
flail
in Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes
January 2007; p ublished online January 2007 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Language Reference. 103 words.
• ail, ale, assail, avail, bail, bale, bewail, brail, Braille, chain mail, countervail, curtail, dale, downscale, drail, dwale, entail,
flail
in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
January 1996; p ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: History of English. 55 words.
sb. OE. *fleġil (once late fliġel), ME. fleʒʒl, fleil, fleyl = OS. flegil, (M)Du. vlegel
flail
in The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History
January 2008; p ublished online January 2009 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Local and Family History. 17 words.
A hand tool for threshing corn, consisting of two wooden rods tied together by leather thongs.
flail
in The Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History
January 1997; p ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Local and Family History. 16 words.
A hand-tool for threshing corn, consisting of two wooden rods tied together by leather thongs.
flail chest
Overview page. Subjects: Medicine and Health.
Fracture of two or more ribs in two or more places, resulting from trauma. It produces an unstable ‘flail’ segment and is often associated with underlying lung trauma or pneumothorax. It...
flail chest
in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement
P ublished online January 2015 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Policing. 19 words.
A condition describing the destruction of the structure of the chest wall caused by multiple rib fractures.
flail chest
in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement
January 2007; p ublished online January 2007 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Policing. 19 words.
A condition describing the destruction of the structure of the chest wall caused by multiple rib fractures.
