A fan or fly-whisk.

Something broad to strike with; esp. a fly-flapper. Obsolete.

An instrument for driving away flies.

Something flat to strike with; a fly-flap.

Something that ‘goes flip-flap’ (see A.), e.g. a hanging piece of cloth, a fan, a fly-flapper. Obsolete.

The bushy tail of the Tibetan Yak used as a whisk; = chauri, n. Obsolete.

= fly-flap, n. 1.

A whisk or fly-flapper, made of hair or feathers (properly the bushy tail of the Tibetan Yak).

a brush for driving away flies.

an instrument for driving away flies.

= fly-brush n.

A device for frightening away flies.

a fly-flick, or a motor-driven fan for driving away flies.

an instrument for killing or driving away flies.

= fly-swat n.

An instrument for swatting flies. Also occasionally: a person who swats flies (with a swatter).

= fly-whisk n.

swatting-stick = swatter, n.

= swatter, n.