kurbash

American  

[koor-bash] / ˈkʊər bæʃ /

Or kourbash

noun

1. a whip with leather thongs, formerly used in Turkey, Egypt, etc.

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verb (used with object)

1. to whip with a kurbash.

Etymology

Origin of kurbash

1805–15; < Arabic kurbāj ≪ Turkish kιrbaç whip

Example Sentences

Some English overseers have already discovered that this characteristic may be utilised far more effectively than the cruel kurbash.

From Project Gutenberg

The British army of occupation was Sir Evelyn’s kurbash; it was well within his reach, as all the world knew, and its simple presence sufficed to prevent disorder and enforce obedience.

From Project Gutenberg

That splendid man in the red fez is Kurbash Pasha—another renegade, I deeply lament to say—a hairdresser from Marseilles, by name Monsieur Ferehaud, who passed into Egypt, and laid aside the tongs for a turban.

From Project Gutenberg