knout

• 一种历史悠久的刑具鞭子，由皮革条与金属丝编成，常用于鞭打囚犯或农奴。

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.

   鞭刑用鞭

   • 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.

   同义词lashscourgewhip