Definitions for knout
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. knoutnoun

   a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. knoutnoun

   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.

2. knoutverb

   To flog or beat with a knout.

3. Etymology: Via, from кнут, from knútr.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Knout

   A knout is a heavy scourge-like multiple whip, usually made of a series of rawhide thongs attached to a long handle, sometimes with metal wire or hooks incorporated. The English word stems from a spelling-pronunciation of a French transliteration of the Russian word кнут (knut), which simply means "whip".

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1. knout

   A knout is a heavy whip, usually made of a series of leather thongs attached to a long handle, historically used in Russia for flogging as a form of corporal punishment or torture.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Knoutnoun

   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

2. Knoutverb

   to punish with the knout

3. Etymology: [Russ. knut'; prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. knut knot, knout, Icel. kntr knot: cf. F. knout. See Knot.]

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1. Knout

   A knout is a heavy scourge-like multiple whip, usually made of a bunch of rawhide thongs attached to a long handle, sometimes with metal wire or hooks incorporated. The English word stems from a spelling-pronunciation of a French transliteration of the Russian word кнут, which simply means "whip".

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Knout

   nowt, n. a whip formerly used as an instrument of punishment in Russia: punishment inflicted by the knout. [Russ. knute.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. knout

   A scourge composed of many thongs of skin, plaited, and interwoven with wire, which was till lately the favorite instrument of punishment in Russia for all classes and degrees of criminals. The offender was tied to two stakes, stripped, and received on the back the specified number of lashes; 100 or 120 were equivalent to sentence of death, but in many cases the victim died under the operation long before this number was completed. This punishment is at present only inflicted upon ordinary criminals, such as incendiaries or assassins. It is no longer in use in the army, except when a soldier is dismissed for ill conduct, in which case 3 to 10 lashes are given, in order to disgrace the soldier, rather than punish him.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of knout in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of knout in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=knout
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Knout
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knout
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knout
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=knout
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=knout
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html