An example of a grain flail

A flail is an agricultural tool used for threshing, to separate grains from their husks. Look up flail in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2848x2136, 1582 KB) de: Dreschflegel en: Flail no: Slegel (nn), sliul (nn/nb), sloge (nn), tust (nn/nb) Uploaded to de. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2848x2136, 1582 KB) de: Dreschflegel en: Flail no: Slegel (nn), sliul (nn/nb), sloge (nn), tust (nn/nb) Uploaded to de. ... Threshing is the process of beating cereal plants in order to separate the seeds or grains from the straw. ... This article is about cereals in general. ...

It is usually made from two or more sticks attached by a short chain or leather thong; one stick is held and swung, causing the other to strike a pile of grain, loosening the husks. The precise dimensions and shape of a flail would have been developed by generations of farmers to suit the particular grain they were harvesting. For example, flails used by farmers in Quebec to process wheat were generally made from two pieces of wood, the handle being about 1.5 m long by 3 cm in diameter, and the second stick being about 1 m long by about 3 cm in diameter, with a slight taper towards the end. Flails for other grains, such as rice or spelt, would have had different dimensions. , Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Official languages French Government - Lieutenant-Governor Pierre Duchesne - Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 75 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area  Ranked 2nd - Total 1,542,056 km² (595... Species T. aestivum T. boeoticum T. compactum T. dicoccoides T. dicoccon T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta T. sphaerococcum T. timopheevii References:   ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 For the indie rock group see: Wheat (band). ... For other uses, see Rice (disambiguation). ... Look up Spelt in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

French peasants threshing with flails around 1270.

Flails have generally fallen into disuse in many nations because of the availability of technologies such as combine harvesters that require much less manual labour. However, in many jurisdictions, such as Minnesota, wild rice can only be harvested using manual means, specifically through the use of a canoe and a flail that is made of smooth, round wood no more than 30 inches long.^{[citation needed]} Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (578x604, 609 KB) es: Trilla con mayal. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (578x604, 609 KB) es: Trilla con mayal. ... A postage stamp of a combine honors Russian agriculture. ... Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Area  Ranked 12th  - Total 87,014 sq mi (225,365 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 400 miles (645 km)  - % water 8. ... Species Zizania aquatica Zizania latifolia Zizania palustris Zizania texana Zizania aquatica L. Hitchc. ... It has been suggested that Canadian canoe be merged into this article or section. ...

Non-agricultural uses

See also: Flail (weapon)

As with most agricultural tools, flails were often used as weapons by farmers who may have lacked better weapons. The French Revolution was mostly fought with agricultural tools. The flail is proposed as one of the origins of the two-piece baton known in the kobudo weapon system as the nunchaku. Flail The flail is a medieval weapon made of one (or more) weights attached to a handle with a hinge or chain. ... The French Revolution (1789–1815) was a period of political and social upheaval in the political history of France and Europe as a whole, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudal privileges for the aristocracy and Catholic clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on... Kobudo (古武道) is a Japanese term that can be translated as old martial way. ... The nunchaku (Chinese: 雙節棍, shuāng jié gùn; 兩節棍, liÇŽng jié gùn Dual Section Staff; 二節棍, èr jié gùn Two Section Staff; Japanese: ヌンチャク nunchaku  ; 梢子棍, shōshikon Boatmans staff; 双節棍, sōsetsukon Paired sections staff; 二節棍, nisetsukon, also sometimes called nunchucks, numchuks, or chain sticks in English) is a traditional weapon...

Osiris holding the flail on his left hand and the crook on his right hand.

The flail is depicted along side the shepherd’s “crook” as symbols of office for the crowned Egyptian Pharaoh. The flail symbolises the Pharaoh's role as provider of food for his people and the crook symbolises his role as the shepherd of his people. Both crook and flail also serve to link the Pharaoh with Osiris. Image File history File links Osiris_MKL1888. ... Image File history File links Osiris_MKL1888. ... OSIRIS is the name of three entirely separate astronomical instruments. ... Pharaoh was the ancient Egyptian name for the office of kingship. ... OSIRIS is the name of three entirely separate astronomical instruments. ...

External links

• Antique Farm Tools
• Agriculture in Victorian Times
• Picture of one kind of rice flail

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