We have automatic 50 caliber rifles so there is basically no need for a flail in modern day combat.
A Flail or ball and chain was best used on horseback and when you flail it around it will inflict more damage than a spiked ball attached directly to a handle. The spinning motion of the ball attached to the chain affords more momentum which in simpler terms just means you can hit someone harder.
A Mace Flail.
A flail
A flail is an old farming tool used to separate the cereal grains from the husks.
Pirates would use a cat of nine tails to flail a prisoner.The Aztecs used a flail to thresh corn.A person that can not swim will flail their arms rather than relax and float.
Wizards and mages used flails.
A flail was a heavy iron ball on the end of a short chain with a handle to hold it
A flail! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flail_(weapon)
its a spiked our jagged metal ball attached to a chain that is attatced to a handle.
Sort of, eccept a whip is made of rope and a flail is mostly made of metal. The handle is wooden but the chain and spiked ball are made of iron or steel. Here is a picture of it.
The ball & chain? You have to beat the mini-boss in the mountain mansion place.
The word "flail" is often used in phrases such as "he was flailing his arms about". The term describes random wide movements of the limbs. A second meaning of "flail" is a type of tool used in the manual threshing of grain, and in the action of using this tool one would be said to be "flailing".