knout
noun
\ ˈnau̇t
, sometimes ˈnüt
\
, sometimes ˈnüt
\
plural knouts
Definition of knout
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a flogging whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire used (as in czarist Russia) for punishing criminals
knout
verb
knouted;
knouting;
knouts
Definition of knout (Entry 2 of 2)
: to strike with a knout : to punish by whipping
Even when he is happy, David Tell looks like a minor figure in one of those Russian novels where someone is found hanged in the orchard around about page 632 and the serfs are knouted every couple of chapters.— Michael Kelly
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