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What happened to the term "morning star"? I thought the term "flail" was used for threshing flails, a peasant weapon along with scythes, sickles, etc. That the
by Isamu 10y ago
What happened to the term "morning star"? I thought the term "flail" was used for threshing flails, a peasant weapon along with scythes, sickles, etc.
That the spiked ball and chain was not a particularly good weapon, I'll grant, and it represents a dead end. It just looks fierce, it always did.
But don't conflate that with "didn't exist".
- mhd 10y agoIn common parlance, "morning star" can mean both flail and (spiked) mace, so it doesn't seem to be used as often these days (just like "longsword"). And dead end? How dare you! You can always put on more chains. Until you end up with a cat-o-nine-balls.
- PhasmaFelis 10y agoStrictly speaking, a morning star is a mace or club with many radiating spikes. Applying the term to spiked flails is a modern permutation.