Italian

Un mazzafrusto.

Noun

mazzafrusto m ‎(plural mazzafrusti)

1. (weaponry) flail, chain mace
   • 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando furioso, Gabriel Giolito (1551), Canto XXX, p.139:

     Orlando urta il cauallo, e batte e ſtringe; ¶ e con un mazzafruſto a l'acqua il ſpinge.

     Orlando spurs and prods and impels the horse ¶ and with a flail drives it to the water.

See also

• mazza chiodata
• mazza ferrata