|
|
![]() Helping San Diego, California and beyond since 1997.
|
|
Click here and add this page to your favorites!

|
Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: FLA-FRA |
|
|
FLAIL (from Lat. flagellum, a whip or scourge, but used in the Vulgate in the sense of " flail "; the word appears in Dutch vegel, Ger. Flegel, and Fr. Pau) , a farm hand-implement formerly used for threshing corn. It consists of a short thick club
leather
swing
iron spikes. It also took the form of a chain with a spiked iron ball at one end swinging free on a wooden or iron handle. This weapon was known as the " morning star
plot
Protestant
CLUB
End of Article: FLAIL (from Lat. flagellum, a whip or scourge, but used in the Vulgate in the sense of " flail "; the word appears in Dutch vegel, Ger. Flegel, and Fr. Pau) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
<a href="http://jcsm.org/StudyCenter/Encyclopedia/FLA_FRA/FLAIL_from_Lat_flagellum_a_whi.html"> FLAIL (from Lat. flagellum, a whip or scourge, ... </a> |
|
|
(Previous) FLAHAUT DE LA BILLARDERIE, AUGUSTE |
(Next) FLAMBARD, RANULF, or RALPH (d. 1128) |
|
Sponsored Advertisements