The flail is a medieval weapon, made of (one or more) weight(s) attached to a handle with a hinge, [[rope]], or short [[chain]]. They originated from farming flails, which were used to thresh grain.

A rule of thumb, if the weapon has a chain over an arm's length (and more so over 1.5 arm's lengths), then the weapon is most likely a [[ball and chain (weapon)|]] instead. 

h4. See also

* [[ball and chain (weapon)|]] 
** [[spiked ball and chain]]
* [[club (weapon)|]] 
* [[mace]] 
* [[nunchaku]]
* [[spiked mace]] 
* [[List of Weapons]] 

h4. External links

* "Wikipedia: Flail":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flail_(weapon)]
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