Flail (tool)
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A flail is an agricultural hand tool used for threshing, the process of separating grains from their husks. It can also be used for military purposes being made in the same way as a threshing-flail bu
Flails used in Britain
17th century drawing of a peasant revolt, showing a man swining a flail
Renaissance era combat manual featuring spiked flails
Mine flail mounted on a M4 Sherman tank
Threshing
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Threshing, or thrashing, is the process of loosening the edible part of grain from the straw to which it is attached. It is the step in grain preparation after reaping. Threshing does not remove the b
Flail (tool)
…Bottom left: Flail being used for threshing Bottom right: Threshing with flail, Västergötland, Sweden (1903) A flail is an agricultural hand tool used for threshing, the process of separating grains from their husks…
A farmer in India threshes grain by hand.
An animal-powered thresher
A grain flail
Harvesters threshing in Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand