Plural of flail
regular plural
The plural of flail is flails.
Forms of flail
| Singular | flail /fleɪl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | flails /fleɪlz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Flails in a sentence
- The carriage washing plant uses four pairs of rotating rag flails and will be capable of dealing with the whole of the diesel units as well as steam stock used for main-line trains.1957 December, “Diesel Depot for Darlington”, in Railway Magazine, page 876
- Traditional flails had a handle (haft), usually about 40 inches long, and a swipple (also called a swingle), about 24 inches long.2011, Robert E. Gough, Cheryl Moore-Gough, The Complete Guide to Saving Seeds, Storey Publishing, page 46. From the entry swipple
- It’s also packed with noteworthy actors hamming it up: Johansson, Mendes and Vega are vamptastic noir creations but Jackson just flails about as The Octopus.2010, Dennis Willis, Flick Nation: 2010 Movie Yearbook, page 223. From the entry vamptastic
Meaning of flail
- noun 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.
- noun A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.
- noun Part of a rotating device, often used for cutting vegetation.
Questions about the plural of flail
- What is the plural of flail?
- The plural of flail is flails.
- Is flail countable?
- Flail is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: flail (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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