In the 2000s Briers was the curmudgeonly and extravagant father Hector MacDonald in the BBC television programme Monarch of the Glen (2000-05), appearing in series 1,2,3 & 7. He appeared in other programmes, see Later Career.
(mal'Ä-Ä-bÄl) Capable of being shaped by being beaten or by pressure; a property of certain metals such as gold and silver. [L. malleus, a hammer] susceptible of being beaten out into a thin plate. malleable retractor.
flail. exhibiting abnormal or pathologic mobility, such as a flail chest or a flail joint. flail chest a loss of stability of the chest wall due to three or more ribs that are broken in two or more places as a result of a crushing chest injury.