An implement used for threshing grain (5)

I believe the answer is:

flail

(Other definitions for flail that I've seen before include "Wave about wildly" , "Weapon; swing wildly" , "thrash around" , "Threshing device" , "Thresher; wave helplessly about" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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