knout

A whip with a lash made of leather thongs twisted with wire, historically used for flogging prisoners.

• 🇩🇪Peitsche mit Riemen aus Lederstreifen, die mit Draht durchflochten sind, historisch zur Bestrafung von Gefangenen verwendet.

1. Whip for punishment C2 formal

   A type of whip made of leather thongs often twisted with wire, historically used for flogging prisoners or as an instrument of punishment.

   • The prisoner was sentenced to receive twenty lashes with the knout.
   • The knout was a feared instrument of punishment in Tsarist Russia.
   • Historical accounts describe the knout as a brutal tool for discipline.

   🇩🇪Peitsche zur Bestrafung

   Synonyme: lashscourgewhip

• knouts plural form
• knouts' possessive plural form
• knout's possessive singular form