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Medieval weapon made of a spiked metal ball attached to a handle with a chain (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flail

(Other definitions for flail that I've seen before include "Wave about wildly" , "Thresh about" , "Thresher; wave helplessly about" , "Old tool for threshing grain" , "Grain thresher" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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