Meanings (ES + gloss)
mayal
A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with a shorter stick (swipple or swingle) attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail, Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail
When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn That ten day-labourers could not end;
mayal de armas
A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
agitarse • debatirse • sacudirse
To wave or swing vigorously
He stopped in his tracks – then, flailing his arms wildly in the air, began to stagger backwards.
Tangling with Ziv, Cameron caught him with a flailing elbow, causing the Israeli defender to go down a little easily. However, the referee was in no doubt, much to the displeasure…
desgranar
To thresh.
Phrases