Talk:Gem Weapons/@comment-25518589-20150907211723/@comment-28584561-20150907233742

And through more, you'd find out that the word "flail" aside from meaning to thrash. Is named after a weapon used mostly in medieval times and also an agricultural tool used to thresh rice.

Also, through my research. I've read that most flails had a metal ball affixed with spikes as a bludgeon.  MOST, meaning not all, or some. But ok. ..