Thesaurus: knout
A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh.
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- n. A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh.
- v. t. To punish with the knout.
- n. a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners
- A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh. To punish with the knout Brougham.
- A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used inRussia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted withwire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh.
- n. a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners