knouting
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knouting — naÊŠt n. whip, lash v. whip, beat with a knout … English contemporary dictionary
Knout — A knout (IPAEng|ˈnaʊt) is a heavy scourge like multiple whip, usually made of a bunch of rawhide thongs attached to a long handle, sometimes with metal wire or hooks incorporated.The English word stems from English phonetic pronunciation of a… … Wikipedia
knout — 1. noun /naʊt/ A leather scourge (multi tail whip), in the severe version known as great knout with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia. 2. verb /naʊt/ To flog or beat with a knout. , 1992 … Wiktionary
