knout

[ nout ]
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noun
  1. a whip with a lash of leather thongs, formerly used in Russia for flogging criminals.

verb (used with object)
  1. to flog with the knout.

Origin of knout

1
1710–20; <French <Russian knut,Old Russian <Old Norse knūtr knot

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knout

/ (naʊt) /


noun
  1. a stout whip used formerly in Russia as an instrument of punishment

Origin of knout

1
C17: from Russian knut, of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse knūtr knot

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