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knout

/naʊt/

Traduction: Fouet à lanières de cuir tressé, parfois mêlées de fil de fer, utilisé historiquement en Russie pour châtier les prisonniers ou les serfs.

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noun

/naʊt/C2formalobsolète
  • frFouet à lanières de cuir tressé, parfois mêlées de fil de fer, utilisé historiquement en Russie pour châtier les prisonniers ou les serfs.

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.

    frKnout (fouet de punition)

    • 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.

    Synonymeslashscourgewhip

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