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FLAIL [4 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

flail: an item in the "Armaments" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Science and Technology" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

fléau : objet de la classe «Armement» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour les sciences et la technologie».

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Implements and Gardening Tools
DEF

An instrument for threshing corn by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stouter and shorter pole or club … is so hung as to swing freely.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage agricole et horticole
DEF

Instrument à battre les céréales, composé de deux bâtons liés bout à bout par des courroies.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aperos agrícolas e implementos de horticultura
DEF

Instrumento compuesto de dos palos, uno más largo que otro, unidos por medio de una cuerda, con el cual se desgrana el centeno dando golpes sobre él.

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Record 3 2004-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
DEF

A stick with a loose strap at one end that is used for beating.

CONT

The "flail" ... was the complement to the crozier-sceptre and the second of the insignia proper of Osiris. It was held both by the god and by the king in the right hand, and was called "nekhekhw." It consists of a short handle, bent at an acute angle at the top, to which are attached three "swingles" by means of beaded thongs, in such a manner as to enable them to swing freely.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
DEF

Instrument formé [...] d'une lanière au bout d'un manche.

CONT

Insigne de prestige : [le] fouet [...] servait encore de chasse-mouches.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Arqueología
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Record 4 1999-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Demolition (Military)
Key term(s)
  • flail

French

Domaine(s)
  • Destruction (Militaire)

Spanish

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