Definitions for knoutnaʊt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
knoutnaʊt(n.)
a whip with a lash of leather thongs, formerly used in Russia for flogging criminals.
(v.t.)to flog with the knout.
Origin of knout:
1710–20; < F < Russ knut, ORuss
Princeton's WordNet
knout(noun)
a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners
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.
Origin: Via , from кнут, from knútr.
Webster Dictionary
Knout(noun)
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
Knout(verb)
to punish with the knout
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