knout

• Látigo formado por correas de cuero trenzadas con alambre, usado históricamente para azotar a prisioneros; también puede referirse a cualquier látigo o azote similar.

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

1. Whip for punishmentC2formal

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

   Knout (látigo de castigo)

   • 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.

   Sinónimoslashscourgewhip