knout

[nʌʊt] · noun

Meaning

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.
To flog or beat with a knout.

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Related words

devil-on-the-neck(English)knap(English)bareknuckling(English)kneeful(English)knifeplay(English)knot(English)garrote(English)knife twister(English)russian(English)long(English)family(English)

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