Associations to the word «Knout»

Wiktionary

KNOUT, noun. A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia.
KNOUT, verb. To flog or beat with a knout.

Dictionary definition

KNOUT, noun. A whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners.

Wise words

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